ChatGPT 5.1 is AMAZING. Here’s how to use it in 8 minutes

ChatGBT 5. 1 just dropped and do not be fooled. This isn't just a small 0. 1 update. This is actually a pretty considerable update and I've really been enjoying this model. In this video, I'm going to go over all the strengths, all the weaknesses, everything you need to know, and then give you my exact perfect workflow I would use to get the most out of Chat GPT 5. 1. You are going to learn a lot in this video. Let's lock in and get into

it. So, here is Sam's announcement. 5. 1 is out and it is a nice upgrade. I agree with that. I actually think that's an understatement. I think it's more than just a nice upgrade. I particularly like the improvements in instruction following and the adaptive thinking. But here's the part I found more important and I actually see the true upgrades. That is with the intelligence and style improvements. These two things for me have been massive in my test. I've been testing 5. 1 now since the moment it released. I've gone through coding. I've gone through creative thinking. I've gone through just intelligence and vibes and I have a lot to say about it. Here

are what my tests have shown me so far. Let's actually start on the weaknesses side here. It is marginally better at coding. So, it is not sonnet level yet. I've done some tests. I've had it build a few apps for me. benchmarks out. It is marginally better than chat GBT5. It is not better than sonnet so far in my tests. This is not codeex 5. 1. So, this is not their coding model. So, we'll have to wait to see if a codeex model comes that is specifically built for coding, but so far in my coding tests, not as good as sonnet, marginally better than five. There's also no artifact type functionality in the chat still. I really wanted to see this. Claude has this where you can have it build apps and actually shows up inside the chat experience. That doesn't have it yet, but for me, it's still a very, very good update. Here are the strengths. It is the first model I've used that has actually come up with really good creative novel ideas for me. So, I'm working on an app I'm building out right now. Has social network functional. It basically makes building a fun gamified experience. And I've been building this out now for a while and I've been using GBT as my co-pilot to help me come up with new ideas. I'm going to be honest, the ideas it comes up with aren't great, but it's been a good partner to chat with. The ideas that 5. 1 has come up with for me have been amazing. In my test, it has come up with like literally eight different novel creative ideas I have never seen before from any other AI. It has been excellent. So for you, this is how you want to use it. And I'm going to go into an exact workflow in just a minute here. I'll show you exactly how I use this with my coding tools, exactly how you should be using 5. 1. But this has been the best model I have ever used when it comes to novel creative ideas, bouncing ideas off the model and getting ideas back that I haven't thought of before. If you've ever gone to an AI before and said, "Hey, can you come up with ideas for this app I'm building or come up ideas for what I should build or content I should write? " It always feels very AI, right? Like it always gives you ideas that no one would ever use or do. It's just like, what kind of stupid idea is this? This is the first time I've talked to a model where the ideas are actually interesting, humanlike, and novel. It is very creative. Uh, it's been very good at writing so far for me at coming up with content. Has been very good at that. And this might be the most important part. It has been the best vibes of any model I've talked to. It is the best to talk to model. And you know what I'm talking about, right? Sometimes you talk to an AI and it feels like a robot. It doesn't feel very human. warm. Vibes are incredibly important when talking to a mom. It's the same reason a lot of people still talk to 40 even though it is 10,000 times dumber than chat GBT5. People still talk to 40 because they like the vibes. They like all the emojis it throws at you and it feels warm and friendly. I personally don't like any of that stuff. But for 51 for an adult trying to use an AI, it is the best vibes. It just feels the nicest, the warmest while also being very intelligent. It's also very customizable. And I'll show you this in a second when we get into GPT 5. 1 in the actual workflow, but they've added more customization options so you can get better responses out of your AI. So

let's get into the workflow now and how you should be using 5. 1. So, the first thing you want to do when you get into 5. 1 is first you want to switch it to thinking. I think the thinking model of 5. 1 is the best, but you also get 5. 1 instant now. Uh, as well as the 5. 1 regular kind of auto. I like thinking. I think thinking is incredible. I like to use it. We don't have the 5. 1 Pro yet. I assume that's going to be coming out soon. Pro is still GPT5, but for 5. 1 we get thinking auto and instant. Immediately switch to thinking. Thinking is the best. So, the next thing you want to do is customize the model. They've added some new customization options. So, if you click your name and you go into personalization, which I'm glad they kind of lifted this the front menu now, you can actually see base style and tone. There's actually brand new styles now. Brand new styles. I put in my own custom instructions, but I have been testing candid and professional. I like candid. I would switch to candid. And if you do candid, you're going to get a lot more direct answers than you were getting before. One of my biggest uh annoyances with chat GBT in the past is it kind of glazes it dance around. It puts it tries to make you feel good. Candid is a lot more direct uh and better responses. So, I would immediately go in here, switch the bass style and tone into candid. Or if you want to change to any of these other ones, you can do that. I like candid. Hit save on that and you are good to go. But let's talk about the workflow now. Right now that we've played with the customization options, let's talk about the workflow. Here's the workflow I really like. What you're going to want to do is download the Chat GPT desktop app. It is completely free. Go download it. The reason why I like to use the desktop app is it makes it much easier to use chat GPT as a co-pilot for whatever you're doing. So, here's what I like to do. I like to be building my app, and you can be using any app you want to build this, whether you're a cursor fan, a codeex fan, a Claude Code fan. Say I'm building my app out inside of Claude Code. What I'm going to do is exactly what you see here is I'm going to have the Chad GPT app to the side of my development environment. And this doesn't just have to be for coding or building. You can do this for anything you do on your computer. Have chat GPT 5. 1 thinking up. And what I like to do is as I'm doing any sort of activity, I basically go, hey, I'm doing this right now. Can you come up with new ideas or interesting or novel ways to approach this problem? And what I've found through my test so far is 5. 1 thinking has been spectacular at this. Anything I do, anything I'm building, any task or kind of logical challenge I have, I run it by Chad GBT 5. 1 thinking first and it so far has given me the most interesting, creative, novel ideas and approaches to tackle challenges of any AI model I've ever used. Right? Again, I was talking about earlier, I've been building my app, uh, which is that AI vibe code app store. The ideas it's been feeding me while I've been building have been spectacular. new ways to approach the social feed in it, new challenges to give, new ways to up engagement. It has been so creative and novel the ideas have been given me. It's been amazing. So, my workflow I really recommend for everyone watching this at home. Download the Chad GBT desktop app. Keep it open to the side of whatever it is you're doing. If you watch this channel, you probably build a lot of things, but maybe you're just a creator. You're doing other things. Even if you're at work and you have tasks to do at work, keep this open. Keep 5. 1 thinking open to the side so you always have it top of mind. And every task you do, run it by 5. 1 thinking. I promise you, the results you're going to get are going to be so much better than anything you've gone before. And it's going to improve every workflow you do, every task you do. You'll find new ways to do it better with this brand new model. If you can incorporate AI into all of your thinking tasks you do on a daily basis, everything you do will improve and get better and be smarter. AI just makes you that much better. And this fi new 5. 1 thinking model for me has taken my workflow even to a higher level than it was before. This just dropped. It's incredible. If you want to stay ahead on the cutting edge of technology, if you want to stay ahead of your competition, you need to be using the latest tools the moment they drop. This is the latest tool. workflow. You have to be taking advantage of it. If you learned anything at all, leave a like, subscribe, and turn on notifications. I'm going to make a ton more videos on getting the most out of this model, so keep it locked in and tuned. A lot more to come. I hope you learned a bunch. Let me know in the replies how you're using this model and what your experiences have been. and I'll see you in the next video.