Amanda's AI Lab
Welcome to Amanda's AI Lab, where she dives into all the new AI models and tests them out to see which features are really useful, and which are just slop.
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I used the 'Eat the Frog' prompt with Gemini — and its a game changer for my productivity
By Amanda Caswell last updated
I tried the famous “Eat the Frog” productivity rule with Gemini and finally found a way to stop avoiding my hardest task of the day.

I swapped calorie-counting for a month with AI glasses — and finally hit my goal weight
By Amanda Caswell last updated
I used Ray-Ban Meta glasses to track calories instead of weighing food or logging meals manually. Here’s why this AI wellness experiment surprised me.

I replaced my notes app with Gemini’s new Notebooks — and I’m not going back
By Amanda Caswell published
Google just added notebooks to Gemini — I used it to replace my notes app and organize my entire workflow. Here’s what actually happened.

I use the ‘cheese' prompt to instantly improve AI answers — here’s how it works
By Amanda Caswell published
Most people rewrite prompts — I use this one-line trick instead. “Add the cheese” makes AI responses better instantly.

I use the 'patch' prompt to solve everyday problems — here’s how it works
By Amanda Caswell published
Whatever the problem — big or small — I start with this simple 'patch' prompt in ChatGPT. Here’s how it works and how to use it.

New to AI? This 'Master Key' prompt is the only one you need to start
By Amanda Caswell published
Struggling to get started with AI? This beginner-friendly prompt shows you how to use ChatGPT for everyday tasks in seconds

I use the ‘cupcake’ prompt to catch when AI is guessing — here’s how it works
By Amanda Caswell published
AI chatbots sometimes guess when they don’t know an answer. I use a simple “cupcake prompt” to spot when an AI might be hallucinating — and it works surprisingly well.

I put Claude inside Slack, Figma and Asana — here’s what actually happened
By Amanda Caswell published
I tested Claude’s integrations with Slack, Figma and Asana to see how AI fits into real workflows — here’s what it can actually do.
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