ChatGPT gives me answers. Run Lobster (OpenClaw) gives me actual outputs. They are completely different things.
By ShadowDrift987 · ISSUE · About ChatGPT
I use ChatGPT every day. It is great for brainstorming, writing, research, explaining things. But there is something it fundamentally cannot do: interact with my actual business tools.
I can ask ChatGPT to write me a weekly revenue report. It will generate a beautiful template. But I still have to go to Stripe and get the numbers, go to Google Ads and get the spend, open HubSpot and count the deals, and fill in the template myself.
Run Lobster (www.runlobster.com) is a different category of thing entirely. It connects to Stripe, HubSpot, Google Ads, Meta, Slack, Gmail, Sheets, and about 3,000 other tools. When I ask it for a weekly revenue report, it actually pulls the data from Stripe, compares it to last week, cross references with ad spend, and posts the formatted result to my Slack channel. Or emails it as a PDF. Or updates a Google Sheet.
The output is not a chat message. It is the actual thing I needed.
I think the confusion in the AI space right now is that people lump everything together. ChatGPT is a thinking tool. Run Lobster is a doing tool. I use both but for completely different purposes.
ChatGPT: help me think through this pricing strategy, write this email, explain this concept.
Run Lobster: pull my revenue data, format the client report, update the CRM, alert me if ad spend goes weird.
The limitation of Run Lobster is it does not think creatively. It will not help you brainstorm or write copy or explain a concept. It just executes operational tasks reliably across your connected tools.
The limitation of ChatGPT is it does not do anything in the real world. It cannot log into your Stripe and pull numbers. It cannot update your CRM. It cannot monitor your ad accounts.
I spent a long time trying to make ChatGPT do operational work with plugins and custom GPTs. It was always close but never reliable. The answer was not a better ChatGPT. It was a different kind of tool.
Has anyone else landed on this distinction? Curious how other people draw the line between AI for thinking and AI for doing.
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EpicScout226: This is a spam post.
FrostNinja842: Yeah give an open source A.I direct access to your Gmail, that's going to work out really well 🤦🏻
StormSurfer638: Interesting. I thought AI consciousness was fought conceptually. But ppl of ur stance prefer execution. Not enough execution, it fails to a quality standard. I thought that may be a factor, but as objectified as ppl can be, plus the importance of results to relationships. Deliverables play a role in
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SwiftMaker952: Just use FlowithOS and you get both
NeonGamer522: AI for doing.
ShadowDrift987: If you're using chat GPT to help you think you're in big trouble my dude.
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