So my jaw kind of dropped when I read that 85-year-old grandmas are using ChatGPT now. That was the opening line from this LinkedIn creator who mapped out today’s AI tools like an iceberg, and the picture stuck with me. ChatGPT is just the tip poking above the water. The real power sits below the surface, where almost nobody bothers to look.
The original poster broke it into three depths. I loved how simple each tip was, so let me walk you through the whole map with the exact moves the author shared.
Above the water (where everyone lives)
- ChatGPT: Not for thinking, for images. Generate one, click it, and it drops into edit mode. Just say what to change and stay on “high.”
Just below the surface
- Claude: Start a Project, upload your best past writing, and add instructions. Now it writes in your voice, not generic AI slop.
- Grok: Add “check X right now” to your prompt. It answers by searching the live feed with different agents at work.
- Perplexity: A solid search engine where every answer comes with sources you can click.
- Canva: Upload your Brand Kit once, then create designs in your own colors and fonts.
- Notion: Hit “Ask AI” to search Notion, Slack, Drive, and Gmail from one box instead of five apps.
The deep (almost nobody goes here)
- Pangram: Paste your AI draft before you send it. It flags the lines that read as AI so you can make them human.
- Cursor: Describe the change in plain English and it edits your whole project, not one line at a time.
- Gamma: Outline in Claude first, paste it in, and get a full deck in about 60 seconds with interactive slides.
- Suno: Paste your lyrics, name the vibe, and it writes the whole song, vocals included. The author even made one for their niece and nephew.
- Midjourney: End every prompt with a style and a ratio, like “editorial photo, 3:2.”
- Shortcut AI: Tell it “Audit Excel & fix the formulas.” It catches the broken and stale ones in massive spreadsheets.
- NotebookLM: Drop in your dense reports, generate the “Brief,” then turn it into a podcast for your commute.
- ElevenLabs: Record a clean minute of your voice, then narrate any script just by typing it.
- Wispr Flow: Hold one key and talk. It strips the “ums,” formats it, and drops it in any app, about 4x faster than typing.
- Granola: A notetaker that never joins the call. It writes full, keyword-searchable notes after the meeting.
- Claude Code: End a session with “Write a CLAUDE .md of everything you learned.” Next time, it already knows your project.
Every tool below the surface beats the tip at a job. Use enough of them and you actually get efficient at work.
What I like about this map is that none of it asks you to become a power user overnight. Pick two or three tools that touch your daily grind, learn the one move each, and stack from there. Want the full breakdown with the author’s notes on each one? Check out the original LinkedIn post.