I can see some value using AI. I treat it like a search engine, since Google, DDG, Bing, etc all seem to suck now favoring ads and purchased result slots rather than finding what you’re looking for. Using AI helps since it’s doing several searches for you. But as others have said, the results can be flawed, particularly when searching for niche topics.

I have zero coding experience and used ChatGPT (I think) to vibe code a simple battery GUI for my Thinkpad running linux since the OS version I had would not display the internal and external batteries separately. Technically it worked, but it looked and ran like ass.

Ultimately I think it falls apart when things go wrong and trying to coax the robot to help you get your way out of trouble, which can be very problematic.

It has a significantly better UI than Calibre, no question. I only use it to manage my ebook library and send them to my various Kindle email addresses. I can’t compare any more advanced features because I didn’t use them in Calibre and I still don’t in CW.

I gave up on FOSS alternatives and journal exclusively in Obsidian. it’s not open source, but the file format is simple text files. Which for me, was a must.