Elevate Your AI Experience: A Comprehensive Guide to ChatGPT Plugins

Ever wondered how to supercharge ChatGPT for your workspace? This review-guide hybrid will walk you through the transformative power of plugins, turning ChatGPT into an indispensable tool for your business.

Think of plugins as the apps of the AI world—extending functionalities from cloud storage and web browsing to data visualization and form-filling. Developed by third-party creators but curated by OpenAI, these plugins are akin to Chrome extensions.

Evaluation Criteria

In this review, we'll assess the plugin ecosystem across three key dimensions: ease of use, feature richness, and overall quality.

Getting Started

1. Navigate to the settings to enable plugin functionality.
2. Choose the ChatGPT-4 version that supports plugins at the top of the chat of your current conversation.Note that plugin support is exclusive to ChatGPT Plus at the moment and is only available on desktop.
3. A new button will appear, allowing you to select up to three plugins per chat session and access the plugin store. Each plugin comes with its own privacy policy and terms of use, so exercise due diligence.

Features & Practical Applications:

Imagine you want to compare the last month's price trends of Dogecoin and Tesla shares, and visualize the percentage difference in an easy-to-read chart. Here's how:

• First, install a financial data plugin like Polygon, a charting plugin like Graph Constructor, and a data storage plugin like Remembotron*.
• Next, prompt ChatGPT with a query like, "Retrieve last week's Dogecoin and Tesla share prices, calculate the percentage variations, and plot them on a comparative chart. Then save the data and chart."

Voila! ChatGPT will execute your command, potentially requiring minor adjustments.

*Note that Remembotron operates on a freemium model, so be mindful of its privacy policy and storage limitations.

Pro Tips

If a plugin doesn't quite meet your needs, you can view the plugin's interaction with ChatGPT to refine your prompt. For example, your charting plugin may not support all chart types. You can also query ChatGPT for a plugin's capabilities.

Stay tuned for my curated plugin reviews, and feel free to suggest categories in the comments.

Competitive Landscape

As of now, ChatGPT stands alone in offering public plugin support. However, given the competitive nature of the AI landscape, it's only a matter of time before rivals like Bard introduce similar features.

Rating

I'd rate the current state of ChatGPT's plugin support as 7 out of 10. While the ecosystem boasts some stellar plugins, others suffer from bugs and a lack of polish. The three-plugin limit per chat feels restrictive, and the absence of mobile support is a drawback for multitaskers.

Summary, Pros & Cons

In summary, plugins significantly elevate ChatGPT's capabilities, albeit with a learning curve. They are a worthy investment, given the future trajectory of AI and the seamless scalability plugins offer.

The plugin landscape is rapidly evolving, with new additions and improvements arriving regularly. Keep an eye on this space for updates and stay ahead of the curve in mastering ChatGPT plugins.

Elevate your AI experience today with ChatGPT plugins!