Today, I found out that, according to artificial intelligence, I might secretly be a professional gardener.

Not “sort of into plants.”

Not “owns a houseplant.”

A full-blown, bonsai-loving, lush-garden-having horticulture expert.

Which was surprising… considering I spend most of my day staring at screens, not pruning trees.

It all started one recent morning when I was scrolling through LinkedIn and Facebook and noticed one of those “Ai trends” happening.

Everyone suddenly had cartoon versions of themselves. Smiling. Polished. Looking way cooler than real life.

So naturally, I thought:

“Yeah, I want one of those.”

I typed in a simple prompt, uploaded my photo, and expected a fun little caricature.

What I got instead turned into a full-blown identity crisis—courtesy of three different AIs.

And that’s when things got interesting.

A lot of people say that all AI tools are basically the same—that they all do the same things and give the same results.

I’m about to share a story that proves that’s not true at all.

Most people today use AI for very basic, content-driven tasks: writing posts, summarizing emails, generating captions. But when you really explore different platforms, you quickly realize they’re built for different strengths.

Some are better at coding.
Some at math.
Some at content.
Others at images and video.

They’re not interchangeable. They’re specialized.

Here’s how I learned that firsthand.

Earlier today, I was scrolling through LinkedIn and Facebook and saw a bunch of people sharing AI-generated caricatures of themselves. They were all using a simple prompt:

“Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me.”

So I decided to join in.

I gave that prompt to ChatGPT and uploaded a photo of myself.  I told ChatGPT nothing about myself, it just “knew me” from the past “chats” we had over the last 2 years!

This is what I got.

Not bad.

That got me curious. What would happen if I gave the exact same prompt to other AI tools?

Next, I went to Manus, which I know is excellent at images and video. Manus is incredibly powerful in that area.

I gave it the same prompt and uploaded the same photo.

Manus replied:
“I’ll create a caricature of you, but could you tell me what you do or share a few key details about your professional life?”

So I said, “Can you look back at past tasks I’ve given you and use that to create something representative of my job?”

Somehow, Manus went in a completely different direction.

It told me:
“I’ve identified that you are Nikki from Garden Republic. I’m going to create a caricature featuring you in a lush garden setting…”

WTF?  Apparently, it decided I was a gardener who specializes in bonsai.

No idea how it got there.

I stopped it and said, “No, I’m not involved in gardening. Use my LinkedIn profile for information about me.”

So, Manus was able to read my LinkedIn, analyze it, and then created this caricature:

Honestly, I loved it!

I really am surrounded by computers most days, so it felt pretty accurate.

Finally, I decided to try my other favorite AI: Claude.

Claude is great at content, coding, and helping with website layouts. Images aren’t really its strong suit, but I wanted to see what would happen.

I shared my LinkedIn profile, but Claude told me it couldn’t access it. LinkedIn blocks most AI tools from scanning their data.

So I copied a snippet of my bio and work history and uploaded that instead.

Claude went to work and produced… this.

😆😆😆   I think it’s a caricature?!?!

I’m just not entirely sure of who!  That’s NOT ME!  (Did you see those teeth??)

So if you’re done laughing, here’s the moral of the story:

All AIs are NOT created equal.
And they’re not supposed to be.

They’re designed for different purposes. Different strengths. Different use cases.

Some will help you write better.
Some will help you code faster.
Some will help you design, visualize, and create.

When you lump them all together and say, “They’re all the same,” you’re missing the point.

The real advantage comes when you understand which AI works best for you—and how to use it in your business, your job, and even your personal life.

AI isn’t going anywhere.

So you might as well learn how to use it wisely.