I’m on the verge of making a big switch in the AI chatbots I use.
Since 2023, I’ve been paying $20 a month for ChatGPT from OpenAI. I’ve got it organized with separate chats and projects, so each conversation has a specific job. It’s basically like having a bunch of mini AI agents.
I even built my own Custom GPT. An agent trained on everything I’ve ever written online over the past few years.
In a way, I basically cloned myself.
If I kick the bucket, my family (or anyone else who wants to) can chat with “Jim AI,” as I named it, and it’ll feel like talking to me!
Meanwhile, I’m also paying for X Premium+.
Ever since Elon Musk bought “my” shares in Twitter and turned it into X with a subscription model, I signed up. Back then, it was about $10 a month. Now it’s up to $30, but just this week I discovered that Premium+ gives me access to SuperGrok.
So I started thinking… should I ditch ChatGPT?
But the real trigger wasn’t Grok itself. It was something way more vain and honestly kind of stupid. Because why would I pay more money to switch to Grok when I already have everything I need with ChatGPT? 🤷
The reason is simple: I finally could get the @ handle I’ve always dreamed of for years.
X Handles Matter (to some of us)
The other day, while browsing X, I accidentally stumbled on the Handle Marketplace. I had no idea it even existed.
It’s a service X offers to business accounts. For example, if I were Coca-Cola and some random person grabbed @CocaCola twenty years ago, I could now claim it, as long as I meet certain criteria, of course.
But it’s not just for companies. Premium+ subscribers can request handles, too. And there’s a waiting list. The demand is that high!
So the bug bit me and I started digging. I’ve been on the platform since the Twitter days, after all.
I created my account in 2009 under the name @JimMakosCom.
