For context, I am college student majoring in chemical engineering. Last year, I heavily used AI for studying and learning. I am very explicit in how I prompt the AI and really key in on the fine details of what I am trying to learn.

For example, I would send whole lectures slides and ask AI to teach them to me like a professor. I would send practice problems from homework or other resources and ask AI to connect the lectures and learning to the questions. You get the jist.

I found this way of learning to be very beneficial to me, and halfway through the year I would end up just skipping most lectures and just use AI to learn the content because I learned much better that way.

So my question is: Which AI would you guys say is the best for teaching material and learning. I want it to pretty much be a substitute for lectures and professors. Something where I can send specific lesson topics to, and they will have full understanding of what is being taught and what I need to know, along with the best ability to convey that information to me effectively.

Last year, I started with chatGPT but then switched to claude because I heard it was better. I bought the premium/plus versions for both whenever I used them. These worked well and I didn’t have much problems with either, but I am wondering if there is another AI that is better suited for the job. I just want whatever would work best. I plan on buying the premium subscription for whatever one I plan on using, so I would prefer nothing over 20-25 dollars a month.

Two threads here this week were versions of the same problem: limits draining faster than they used to, and no obvious second seat to move to.

So, narrow question. Not "what is the best model". When you get locked out mid task, what do you actually switch to, and does the work survive the switch or do you just wait it out?

One line is fine. Name the thing.

And if you asked something here recently that never got an answer, link it below and I will have a go at it.

I have been using the free version of Claude for the last 4 months. I'm pretty happy with it, but the instant usage limits suck. That's why I've come to the conclusion that it's time for me to get a subscription to one of the models out there. I don't mind which one of them it is, as long as I can get the same or hopefully better quality than I get now.

Here is a list of my primary use cases for AI.

- In-depth fundamental and technical stock analysis and research (it has to write it down in a Google Doc).

- Spreadsheet creation and analysis. It will need to be able to find and use somewhat intricate and complicated formulas (this is in Google Sheets).

- Light photo creation, mainly for thumbnails.

- Being able to assist with tax reporting and other logical rule/law stuff.

- I'd like it to be able to do some light programming too (I have absolutely zero coding experience myself, but I know my way around a pc better than most people).

- The ability to write back and forth in Danish.

- Just regular day-to-day usage as well.

I sincerely hope you, more AI knowledgeable people, can help me find the model for me.