Q⚡️AI SIGaNAL
📊 Quick poll : Do you trust AI feedback on your work?
If you picked "too polite" — you're not alone. Here's the fix.
I tested 12 AI hacks this week. Five were recycled tips from 2024. Two didn't work. One required an API setup that took longer than just doing the task manually.
These 7 survived. Let's get into it.
🏆 Hack of the Week
The "Roast My X" Protocol
I asked ChatGPT to review an important email I was about to send last week.
"This looks great! The tone is professional and the message is clear. Maybe consider shortening the second paragraph."
Useless. I already knew that. AI is trained to be polite. Too polite. If you want the truth, you have to break the "politeness filter."
The Experiment
I uploaded a screenshot of my own resume and applied the Roast Protocol.
The Critique: ChatGPT said my summary "reads like a generic job listing from 2019" and my opening line was "the kind of greeting that makes people scroll past."
The Score: It gave me a 4/10 on the "cringe factor."
Harsh? Yes. Correct? Absolutely.
The Setup (2 Steps)
Step 1: The Roast
Upload a screenshot or paste your text and ask:
"Roast this [email / resume / LinkedIn profile]. Be mean. Don't hold back. Rate the 'cringe factor' out of 10. Tell me the one thing that makes you want to hit 'delete' immediately."Step 2: The Pivot (The Secret Sauce)
Once you've stopped crying, ask:
"Now, acting as a supportive mentor, how do we fix the three most brutal points you just made?"Verdict: This is the fastest A/B test in the world. You get the honest critique AND the actionable fixes in under 60 seconds.
Works on:
Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, emails, cover letters, bios, presentations, social posts — anything you've written and want real feedback on.
⚡ Quick Wins
Try these in under 5 minutes
ChatGPT Image Resizing
I resized a headshot for LinkedIn in 30 seconds. No Photoshop. No Canva. Just one sentence to ChatGPT.
The exact prompt I used → Julian Mills
Canvas Surgical Editing
If you're editing long documents in ChatGPT, stop using regular chat. Canvas lets you highlight a specific paragraph and edit just that — without rewriting everything.
How to set it up → Zapier
Gemini "Ghost Date" Fix
Gemini sometimes thinks it's still 2024 and refuses to acknowledge recent news. There's a one-line fix that works instantly.
The exact prompt → Reddit r/GeminiAI
💬 From the Community
Voice Mode Interview Prep
A subscriber asked: "Can ChatGPT actually help me practice for interviews?"
I tested it. Short answer: Yes — and it's surprisingly brutal.
I ran a mock PM interview with Voice Mode. It interrupted me, tracked my filler words, and scored my confidence at 62/100.
The setup takes 5 minutes. It tracks your "um"s, your rambling, your dodged questions.
If you have an interview coming up, this is worth trying.
Full method → ChatPRD.ai
🔥 Power Moves
More setup, bigger payoff
Deep Research Competitor Audit
ChatGPT's Deep Research mode generated a 20-page competitor analysis for me — pricing, weaknesses, user complaints from G2 and Reddit. Took 45 minutes.
The trick is constraining it so it doesn't default to generic marketing fluff.
The exact framework I used → ValidateMySaaS
Gemini Gems Marketing Team
Instead of one marketing chat, I built a team of 3 Gemini "Gems" that critique each other: a Brand Voice Guardian, a Devil's Advocate, and a Content Engine.
Write a draft → run it through all three → get output that doesn't sound like AI.
Full setup guide → MarTech.org
💬 That's the List
If you try any of these, reply and tell me how it went — I read everything.
And if you've found an AI hack that should've made this list, send it my way. Best submissions get featured next week.
See you Thursday.
No hype. Just signal.
— Dan, AI Signal