There are a ton of apps claiming “AI editing,” and honestly most of them are gimmicks—template-based, or they only help you chop a long video into short clips. After testing a stack of them, Descript is the one we actually use for all of our content creation. I record directly into Descript, we edit entirely in Descript, and we don’t touch any other programs—after years of editing in DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and even Avid. The real game-changer is Descript’s AI assistant editor, the “Underlord.” It starts with automatic transcription so you can edit from text, then it can remove filler words, close gaps, and even remove bad takes—but the big difference is context. I can tell it things like “only remove filler words when they’re clearly not needed,” and I can define what a “bad take” looks like in our workflow (including rules like “don’t cut sentences in half” and “use the last take”). With our custom prompt, I can get a base edit to around 95–98% in a few minutes. On top of that, Underlord can act like a creative assistant (ideas, pacing, even finding b-roll), Descript is great for repurposing (it’s in my top two with Opus Clip), and Studio Sound is an absolute weapon for polishing audio fast. The shift here is huge: you stop being a “video editor” and start directing an AI assistant to get your videos finished faster.