Learn 80% of Perplexity in under 10 minutes!

[@JeffSu]

Access my productivity prompts for free: academy.jeffsu.org/workspace-toolkit? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 How to use Perplexity (for beginners) 00:51 Settings for Perplexity 02:25 Perplexity Search 05:34 Collections Feature 07:26 What Perplexity is NOT good for 08:16 Perplexity Pro Features

[@_-1595]

Jeff, do you still use the same extensions for work?

[@RajeshNamase]

I have already signed up, but I cannot find the custom introduction instructions you used with Perplexity.

[@JeffSu]

@@_-1595 Which extensions?

[@JeffSu]

@@RajeshNamase What do you mean?

[@_-1595]

​@@JeffSu Button for Calander, Papeir, Link to text Fragment, etc kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3OvoKRum8Z-odUfeature=shared

[@9Abdulrahman]

Dude you immediately get into the subject, that is what I like about you. thank you

[@JeffSu]

Well duh, who likes fluff and bs 😉

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

@@JeffSu Content Creators?

[@librakhan25]

@@JeffSu Hello Jeff, very crispy and to the point, no fluff, One thing still not clear, when I select a pick a model i.e DALL e3/gpt4 to generate image, why it not accept the prompt to generate images, instead of generating image it just provide the prompt and guidelines only? Please reply

[@fintech1378]

exactly

[@ana_samana]

Jeff, your's 10 minutes video is my 10 days learning course. Thank you for simple explanation. It's important for people close to their 50ties.

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@j2626-u2g]

fifty here -- I agree #$%T^Y&UIOP:

[@stpaquet]

I like Perplexity a lot It's now my main go to when I need one answer to a "how to" question.

[@JeffSu]

Same here!

[@RizKoComedy]

no bs, just pure content. Ur the goat

[@JeffSu]

That's what I'm here for 😁

[@RizKoComedy]

ur literally the goat, other vids just keep talking bs for retention

[@JeffSu]

@@RizKoComedy I can't argue with that 😂

[@kara6320]

Your series of videos on AI are amazing, it's like continuous learning outside of the classroom that's easy to follow/understand. I remember when your channel was around the 300k subs mark so it's so great to see you getting the recognition that you deserve for the quality videos!

[@JeffSu]

Woohooo thank you so much 😁

[@AI_Revolution13]

I just came across your channel, and I love it. I already use Perplexity Pro, and this video added to my knowledge. I just subscribed and signed up for the newsletter.Thanks.

[@JeffSu]

Yay welcome 😁

[@wanderwithbree]

Just following all your videos down the rabbit hole! I love your editing style and your information is teaching SO much about how I want to teach and learn. Awesome information, thank you!

[@JeffSu]

Woohooo glad to hear it!

[@saimanojkondapalli2764]

The man has spoken, now going to use perplexity 🏃‍♂‍

[@JeffSu]

Let me know what you think!

[@ChasinNorthernLights]

Happy user of perplexity for 1.5 yrs ❤

[@Colshew]

Wow 😲 ​@@ChasinNorthernLights

[@DrAziiiiz]

very VERY awesome Jeff, i just started using perplexity recently, and i realized by a coupe searches how much accurate it is. now i can really build something in and from perplexity thank man.

[@JeffSu]

No problem!

[@feejus]

Thanks for sharing! Life is all about learning and developing new skills. I hadn't heard of Perplexity before - appreciate you introducing it, Jeff.

[@JeffSu]

No problem! It's a great tool!

[@shivam10b]

Jeff, my man! Absolute gold as always

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@koji4059]

Idk how perplexity isn’t talked about more. Easily the best ai tool out rn

[@JeffSu]

I know right??

[@tomgreen8246]

I've been using Perplexity for... well since it first came out. Always had a pro subscription too. It's exceptional- and the API is even better. The playground doesn't do it justice. I'm not a developer, but it's so easy to call into any workflow for research (and even use another model to write a Perplexity optimised prompt - I have a GPT 4o Assistant for that.)

[@JeffSu]

Interesting, what do you connect your Perplexity API to?

[@tomgreen8246]

@JeffSu pretty much any workflow that required research or fact checking. I've also found it quite good for optimisation, I am building it into my Executive Assistant Agent right now for highly customised, AI enhanced retrieval to create tailored solutions that then feed back into models such as OpenAI o1 Preview as critical, up to date information. Oh, LLMs knowledge cut-off drives me mental - Perplexity API is the ultimate fix for that with any of them. The API just works better than the front end for some reason. I can't explain it- I noticed the context window and response quality sadly dropped a tad a few months ago from the front end, but via the API it improved. It supports Semantic Search - so you can make it highly customised, WITHOUT fine tuning, to any specific business need. I'd have to explain the agentic framework I am envisioning and building to provide other examples, but please have a play with it. You'll be blown away (again). Frankly I use it for reassurance when I doubt my decision making too... even look at what frameworks I should apply for that decision process etc. P.s. it's also available via OpenRouter using the OpenAI Library, which means you can extremely easily switch models - even outside of Perplexity to one of the open source ones and test results. It's literally a code block you copy/ paste oft the OpenRouter website, and then literally change one part of one line.

[@dragipandeliev9302]

You are one of the best creators on YT!

[@JeffSu]

Which one?

[@midnqp]

When did you amass 847k subscribers?! Last time I checked it wasn't that much! You deserve it 🙌

[@JeffSu]

thank you so much 😁

[@NickWindham]

Good video. I’ve been a free user for several months. I just signed up for pro with your referral code though. Well done!

[@JeffSu]

Well I hope it's a good investment!

[@oceandophine7523]

Recently discovered your video and found it incredibly useful! I appreciate how you dive straight into the topic and the structure is really well-organized. Thank you for sharing!

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@ben-uy1ud]

Both You and the video quality look very clean and refreshing!!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@1stNoelJensen]

One of the best videos (of this genre) that I have ever seen! Thanks, Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks so much Noel 😁

[@eddyballe]

Such an amazing tutorial on Perplexity, Jeff 🔥

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@chauswriting]

I'm doing my Master's thesis now and Perplexity is such a helpful assistant for me! Hope you'll do more videos on Perplexity Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

Super curious - Do you rely heavily on the collections feature to keep everything organized? And do you still use Google search at all?

[@chauswriting]

@@JeffSu I actually never knew of this collections feature before your video lol I just use it as the alternative for Google Search (sometimes even Google Scholar Search). I have my own research journal on Notion to keep research papers and journal articles organized. I still use Google Search for quick searches that I can just enter a phrase on the search tab since I cant log into Perplexity sometimes.

[@SteveJobs-i3c]

one of the best YT channels

[@JeffSu]

No arguments from me :)

[@kuh_mom]

I love your videos, tons of useful information with a fynny touch, and above all, they don't make me sleepy, which is super nice! Hope you have a great time in Japan!

[@JeffSu]

Woohooo!!! And thank you 😁

[@roykent2316]

Helpful video, thank you 🙏 I didn’t know you could remove sources!

[@JeffSu]

No problem!

[@MikeBrown-mf8ty]

Jeff your content every time never disappoints. I work in the tech consulting field and I’m always looking for was to be more productive which your videos have help tremendously. I’m hoping in the future you can do some in the MS office realm vs. what seems to be your day to day environment, Google. If you need some ideas I’d love to help. These are great, thanks again!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for the kind words Mike!! 😁

[@aichef247]

Nice walkthrough of Perplexity. Keep it coming, Jeff. Love it. Btw, I've found this workflow very helpful. I start with Chatgpt/Gemini for creativity and then finish up in Perplexity for accuracy and reference. 😂

[@JeffSu]

I tend to do that too!

[@aichef247]

@@JeffSu Nice!

[@somaiyaakterboby]

After a long time I'm watching you, such an informative video as always.

[@JeffSu]

I hope to never disappoint 😁

[@adityamandalia169]

Man you're killing it! Thanks a lot!

[@JeffSu]

Thank you!! 😁

[@GP.Global-Edge]

WOW!!! As always, you are great Delivering! You made crystal-clear distinctions! Thanks!

[@JeffSu]

Glad to hear it 😁

[@ChipGillespieFamily]

Another Great Video! Always learn something from you Jeff.

[@JeffSu]

Thank you 😁

[@full_stack9810]

Great work, @JeffSu !! You went to the point, your content is relevant and digestible. And the visuals are super useful too! A small suggestion on the format: reduce ore remove completely the sound effects and music; they are distracting and can be confusing. Some tutorials use a vignette at the beginning and/or end and that is usually not a problem, but all around the video doesn’t seem to add value IMHO, plus it may give you unnecessary work. I listen to previously downloaded videos on the background when driving and some of them sounded like a bus stepping on the break 😅! On the content side, pls notice that using one example is not enough to determine which AI tool is better; that is even more true with Gen AI. When you’re comparing the most popular ones, you probably need to collect even more samples (out of scope of your great video, but I don’t remember if you mentioned that). Wishing you my best regards and appreciation for the work put together!

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for the feedback 😁

[@RodneyDaut]

Thank you, Jeff. I was using Perplexity before but missed most of the features you showed. Thank you.

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@IslamicPulse0]

i wasnt gonna watch the video at all, but the first minute was so direct and fast it got my interest!

[@JeffSu]

That's what I love to hear 😁

[@alfonsobaqueiro]

This is a kind of evolution of mixing search + AI, nice!

[@JeffSu]

I know right?

[@iammarkbauer]

I have been using Perplexity for quite a while now and I still learned a lot from this. Thanks!

[@JeffSu]

Glad to hear it!

[@pruba7009]

Good video. I have to add two points tho. 1. There is a feature called "Space" on Perplexity that you didn't mention at all. 2. While I am using the pro version, it still doesn't generate images. This is the answer I got when I asked about image generation: "I cannot actually generate, create, edit, or produce images myself. I am an AI language model designed to process and provide information based on text inputs. I do not have the capability to create, manipulate, or output visual content."

[@JeffSu]

1. They changed the name from collections to spaces 2. You have to try actually generating an image

[@pruba7009]

@@JeffSu I tried several times with different prompts but it doesn't generate images.

[@NickTapp-b9d]

Great video - clear and concise. Just signed up for all the things!

[@JeffSu]

Thank you! And welcome 😁

[@gregnixon1296]

For my needs, Perplexity is my go-to.

[@JeffSu]

Nice!

[@proflead]

Perplexity is awesome! My number one searching tool at this moment 😀👍

[@JeffSu]

Same here! 😁

[@dontrez8412]

Nice overview with a nice inside look of Perplexity. Thanks.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks! 😁

[@Ray_eddi]

Dude, this was really informative! Appreciate you

[@JeffSu]

No problem 😁

[@rayblight7633]

Very helpful video Jeff Su on the basic's to use Perplexity!!

[@JeffSu]

No problem!

[@SmartbyteNG]

This was a good video! Keep it up Su!👍🏾😁😁😁

[@JeffSu]

Will do! 😁

[@missdeas]

You had me at reddit! Glad I found your channel

[@JeffSu]

Me and you both!

[@Benga-Eno]

Great video, Jeff!

[@JeffSu]

Thank you! 😁

[@avirupsarker3697]

Thank you for this amazing video Jeff 😊

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@StylishandGrateful]

🤯 wow…totally trying this

[@JeffSu]

Let me know how it goes

[@ardyyjacobs17]

3:22 jeff su you're thingking out of the box,that's really genius 🤣

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@distractorship3289]

POW! Awesome and VERY concise content!

[@JeffSu]

Thank you 😁

[@inkandgrowrich9793]

Just stumbled into your channel. Really dig your style. Very "easy" to watch and digest. Subscribed!

[@JeffSu]

Yay welcome 😁

[@Thefacelesslifejourney]

I get access to the pro via my revolut ultra plan, I'm so excited to start using it!

[@JeffSu]

Oh interesting

[@sandro-nigris]

Jeff your GREAT! This is valuable information. Wonderful video, nicely done.

[@JeffSu]

Thank you 😁

[@montsergirl]

Thank you for this video Jeff! I am a bit embarrassed to say I haven’t used perplexity yet 😳 but absolutely am checking it out now! 😊 And have an amazing time in Japan, I hope you go on the wanna be Mario Karts! ❤

[@JeffSu]

Nothing to be embarrassed about, and I'm excited for Japan!!

[@user-ru6gy5cz5b]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:12 *🌐 Perplexity excels in providing accurate, real-time information, unlike creative tools like ChatGPT and Gemini.* 00:40 *💡 Use Perplexity for tasks needing high-confidence answers, rather than creative outputs.* 01:09 *❌ The Pro version doesn't include ChatGPT access due to different fine-tuning methods.* 01:49 *🛠️ Set custom instructions for conversations in Perplexity, enhancing personalization.* 02:32 *🎯 Users can focus on specific sources to improve output quality in searches.* 03:40 *🍎 Perplexity effectively gathers data from varied sources for comprehensive answers.* 05:01 *🏆 Delivers swift, accurate info on Olympic results compared to Google's multiple-link approach.* 05:44 *📚 Collections facilitate organized searches and prompt storage for user convenience.* 07:37 *🎨 Perplexity is less suitable for creative tasks than ChatGPT or Gemini.* 08:16 *💬 Free version suffices for most users, with advanced features in the Pro version for enthusiasts.* Made with HARPA AI

[@a.srijamorn3610]

@JeffSu. I just realized that at 5:15, Perplexity does hallucinate regarding the last sentence; For example, it should be "China's 91 total medals", not "China's 89 total medals". So, the "126 total medals" part in the sentence was correct (regarding the U.S.) but not the latter.

[@JeffSu]

Oh interesting!!!

[@a.srijamorn3610]

​​@@JeffSu. You'll see that the total number of medals the U.S. and China won and the last sentence Perplexity provided seem to conflict one another; Perplexity seemed to only get the total number of medals for China wrong in the last sentence; it should say 91, not 89. Even on the official Olympics website, I checked the 2024 version and it also said 91 in the last column. P.S. It's possible that Perplexity could have got information from other sources that could have been relevant at that time or a more recent time.

[@SatishPatel]

Fantastic, efficient video. Appreciate your videos so very much. Thanks

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome Satish 😁

[@edwardferry8247]

So well put together, thank you.

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@chrisbattiston]

excellent video, I enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[@JeffSu]

My pleasure 😁

[@Nexus_Capitals]

Man, i love your videos, i just subscribed right now, i am currently taking a course on AI and your videos are so helpful🔥🔥🔥... Thank you so much

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@yn_sekai]

Extensively helpful.

[@JeffSu]

No problem!

[@dcoll800]

Great Video, thank you Jeff. love the clear explanations, no-nonsense approach. Been watching a lot of your videos on this channel for the last few days and sharing it with friends and family to learn about AI! Very much appreciated Would you know which program (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) would be best for Desk (market) research? Will watch some more of your video's on finding out the prompting support needed to increase result accuracy.

[@JeffSu]

Wait but Perplexity would beat out all those tools for market research haha

[@wendyjiller2548]

Nice content always, Thank you Jeff

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome! 😁

[@ed2win37]

Great video. Just subbed. Keep 'em coming.

[@JeffSu]

Will do 😁

[@evelynnschannel]

Thank you, Jeff. Excellent video. Please, do compare Perplexity with AI Overview!

[@JeffSu]

Gotcha!

[@Spaceman_Spiff]

Quality information - great video.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@nikhilpatil5047]

Thanks a lot Jeff..

[@JeffSu]

No problem!

[@PhantomPodcasts]

This is amazing 💯

[@JeffSu]

Thanks! 😁

[@tinatsang8260]

I love this video ! it's so helpful for a new user of perplexity and i love every tips you provide !

[@JeffSu]

Woohoooo thanks tina!!!!

[@Dekka915]

This video is great, subscribed

[@JeffSu]

Yay welcome 😁

[@askingwhy123]

Great video, thanks!

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@twelchky]

Very helpful and straightforward. I was intrigued by the "Collections' feature but couldn't find it in my Pro account. When I asked Perplexity about it I discovered that it has been "rebranded" as "Spaces". Hope it is indeed an "upgrade" as they stated. Once again, excellent video and I'm not a subscriber.

[@JeffSu]

Yes it got changed to Spaces!

[@This_is_Aayush]

Excellent explanation 👏

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@andrewkoch4239]

great, straight into it thanks

[@JeffSu]

Of course 😁

[@HabibulRafin]

I was thinking about a course on how to use perplexity perfectly! I think now I don't need that. But There are 79 dislikes in this video! I am just wondering who the hell they are? What do they expect more from a 9 minute 52 sec video?

[@JeffSu]

LOL

[@daisjayapura76]

The best video..teach how u made this video...editing

[@JeffSu]

You can find everything I use here: www.jeffsu.org/gear/

[@alandavidmardi]

What an awesome video!! Thank you so much Jeff for all your shared knowledge ❤ I just have one more question: If you connect your credit card with perplexity to use the API, does this unlock all the PRO-features too? I hope you will respond!!

[@JeffSu]

I honestly have no idea 😅, but intuition tells me no

[@alandavidmardi]

@@JeffSu Thxxx Jeff!

[@diegaah]

I actually did a dance when I discovered a new video from you!

[@JeffSu]

I always dance when I upload a new video

[@diegaah]

@@JeffSu ha!🥳

[@liaaaan86]

Great video! I had heard about Perplexity, but never seen it in action. Please do one on Google AI Overviews :D

[@JeffSu]

Will do Kristian 😁

[@ChrisStrom82]

Jeff, love the succinct overview! Perplexity has been my everyday search engine for the last 6 months and I definitely learned a couple of new things (never knew they had custom instructions!) What software do you use for recording your screen and editing your videos?

[@davideylerYT]

Fantastic - the Reddit reference made me lol!!!

[@JeffSu]

Hahhaahaha glad to hear that David 😁

[@athiya_b]

Awesome. I downloaded the app

[@JeffSu]

On your phone?

[@athiya_b]

@@JeffSu Yes, it works great. Glad to know a better alternative than google. thanks for your videos. keep them coming.

[@JeffSu]

@@athiya_b Will do 😁

[@ObsidianFire-o7r]

Great content but the one thing that perplexed me was why in your scale you mentioned the less used Gemini but why no love for Claude?

[@JeffSu]

I haven't used Claude enough to judge it!

[@HR-Services]

Claude 3.5 Sonnet in the Perplexity Framework interprets visual data, I'm sure about jpg's and png's. With no problem it interpretes my screenshots, nice and smoothly. I think another video is due for a fix.

[@JeffSu]

nice!

[@xtender5]

Another great video, Jeff. Thank you! I may well be wrong about this (which would absolutely be the first time that has EVER happened!) but a subscription may be required to access some of the fine-tune features you mention. For me, the AI Model and Image Generation Model options are grayed out.

[@JeffSu]

Yup I mentioned it: It's only available for Perplexity Pro users

[@xtender5]

@@JeffSu Ooops! My bad. 😊

[@brahmdorst5154]

Warning ⚠️ Perplexity footnotes sometimes hallucinates; the linked source footnote link to articles that don’t support what rhey pupport.

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for pointing that out! I haven't experienced yet but I've seen similar comments online

[@Anhnguyen-i8l1y]

that’s true

[@stevecrabb-thequantumgrowt144]

As always awesome value and phew didn’t have to slow you down today 😂

[@JeffSu]

😂

[@Crypto-n-chill]

This is a really good video, thank you for it! I want to start creating videos as well, could you tell me which video editor do you use to your videos?

[@JeffSu]

You can find everything I use here: www.jeffsu.org/gear/

[@AjaySingh-ey7gt]

Good information

[@JeffSu]

Thanks 😁

[@marcusjones1110]

Love the video Jeff! I don't see a link to your custom instructions for Perplexity. I only see a link for your Chat GPT presentations prompt. Can you provide a link to the custom instructions?

[@JeffSu]

I talk about custom instructions in the other video! 😁

[@marcusjones1110]

@@JeffSu Thanks for the reply! I will check out the video.

[@mrfredbasset]

I was looking away from the screen when you said that Reddit is the source of all truth and didn't see the little 'kidding' pop up. I actually had to rewind to check I heard right 😅I watched some other videos on Perplexity and I was 100% under the impression that you got access to the other models, I was comparing it to my Claude account and wondering why I was getting such different responses, that makes sense now

[@JeffSu]

LOL

[@virkumardevtale9671]

Nice video 🎉thks

[@JeffSu]

You're welcome 😁

[@apaksoy]

5:10 How do you know the answer provided by Perplexity is accurate? Because you don’t when you initially get the answer, Perplexity ends up requiring more clicks and going around than Google search frequently if you need accuracy and truthfulness. Also note that the pages or videos referenced by Perplexity may not even contain some of the important parts of the answer it provides. Perplexity in these cases are rather useful in terms of comparing notes or making more complex searches than Google can handle.

[@JeffSu]

Good point! Put simply no AI tool is immune from hallucinations

[@KristinNienhuis]

Where do you put (paid) Claude in these stacks? Appreciate you and all your teaching. Cheers.

[@JeffSu]

I'm testing out Claude right now!

[@raghavansrinivas1379]

give us a video on pro features on preplexity

[@JeffSu]

That video will be like...2 minutes 😂

[@raghavansrinivas1379]

@@JeffSu 😂😂😂

[@MJFUYT]

Can you only make custom instructions on the pro version?

[@JeffSu]

Available for both

[@prakharbhatnagar2927]

You are amazing Period

[@JeffSu]

Agreed Period

[@romeorain]

Is the self introduction section only available on Perplexity Pro?

[@JeffSu]

No

[@barutibny]

Jeff where does Copilot fall on your spectrum?

[@JeffSu]

I don't use Copilot :(

[@tgahissy]

Really good content man ! IMHO: you should drop the animation sounds. It’s a bit distracting and does not add any value

[@JeffSu]

Thanks for the feedback!