(Image credit: Future/edited with Gemini)

I don't know about you, but somewhere between ChatGPT-4o and ChatGPT-5.5 AI productivity culture has become incredibly intense. There's an AI for everything these days to the point that it can now run your computer without you .

For most of us, that means AI can create better schedules, better systems, better routines and better workflows with a simple prompt.

In fact, every prompt seems to ensure that we become a slightly more efficient human. But in many ways, it's making my brain louder.

I didn’t need more optimization, I need less noise. So instead of asking ChatGPT to help me become a productivity machine, I tried something completely different.

A prompt to reduce excess noise

(Image credit: Future)

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