WT: My Little Tax Adjuster

The episode opens with Andrew Mayne discussing OpenAI's newly released plugins and the broader idea of ChatGPT becoming more like an app platform. He describes practical examples such as Wolfram Alpha, Instacart, OpenTable, and browsing, then spends much of the conversation demonstrating Code Interpreter inside ChatGPT by generating mazes, GIFs, sound files, Game of Life music, QR codes, and even a simple chess engine. He frames these tools as making computation and creation more accessible to ordinary users. The discussion then shifts to everyday uses of ChatGPT and related AI tools: drafting letters, brainstorming, choosing meals, and helping with domestic decisions. Bryce introduces Rewind.ai, which records computer activity for later recall, leading to a privacy-and-utility discussion about AI-powered memory, search, and personal assistants. The episode also covers authenticity concerns around generated content and signatures, misinformation and viral falsehoods, the Hyperion tree, a disputed goblin shark photo, and a set of recommendations including Lucky Hank, Atlanta season three, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, Screen Picks, and Riley Brown AI. Key topics ChatGPT plugins and app-like integrations: Andrew describes plugins as allowing ChatGPT to connect to tools like Wolfram Alpha, Instacart, OpenTable, and browsing so it can do more than plain text generation. Code Interpreter and computation inside ChatGPT: Andrew gives examples of running Python in ChatGPT to c