Stop defaulting to Gamma. Surfer handles the part you hate.

I cared about how each one actually arrives at an answer.

People call Gamma the safe pick. In practice you fight it on exact layouts Surfer, by contrast, tells you exactly what to include to rank.

What Gamma does best: spits out a deck from a one-line prompt the webplayer looks better than PowerPoint

The catch on Gamma: you fight it on exact layouts And Surfer? it can make your writing robotic

If I had to keep one, it's Gamma — spits out a deck from a one-line prompt. But Surfer earns its spot the moment tells you exactly what to include to rank. Neither is dead weight; they just aren't the same tool.