We have all had those days when we were looking over all the items in our refrigerator and cannot decide what to cook. I can't tell you how many hours of my life I have wasted due to this seemingly simple problem. This is what inspired me to create ChefGPT.
While growing up, one of my favorite types of books were Choose Your Own Adventure books. I would spend countless hours lost in these books, reading and re-reading these unique books while being transported into a rich storyline that was constantly evolving with each choice I made. These books existed in numerous genres and themes to suit just about any reader. Additionally, the concept was also adopted by a subset of the popular Goosebumps series of books. Even Netflix got in on the action with Bandersnatch in 2018 when they released the first Interactive Choose Your Own Adventure Movie.
In late 2023, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT announced that they were opening the door to allow users to create their own Custom GPTs that can be used by others in ChatGPT. OpenAI laid out a plan to open a GPT Store to allow developers to showcase their creations and allow other ChatGPT Plus customers to make use of their custom GPTs. Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a number of custom GPTs that I plan to list on the ChatGPT store when it goes live later this week. As part of this launch, I will be publishing a series of blog posts to highlight my GPTs and provide tips and instructions on how to make use of my GPTs. I have been dog-fooding my custom GPTs for the past few weeks and there are some genuinely fun and useful GPTs that I cannot wait for people to try.
On a late Friday night blog post, OpenAI, a leading AI research lab known for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence, abruptly dismissed its CEO, Sam Altman. Regardless of whether you liked Sam Altman or not, this news sent shockwaves through the AI industry, followed by several high-profile resignations in protest following the announcement. Several sources close to the matter described the termination of Altman as "a coop", and this personally does not sit well with me. While I generally advocate for minimal government intervention in private businesses, there are certain situations where this stance must be reconsidered. The case of OpenAI's sudden leadership change is one such instance. This blog post argues that the federal government should view this development as a matter of national security, given OpenAI's significant impact on the U.S. economy and technological landscape.