A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season

Something unexpected happened recently as I was filing my taxes: AI helped. It even caught an error that my human accountant missed.

This was surprising because when I decided to test out a free tax return chatbot, I expected it to tell me to, I don’t know, write off my dog as a business expense and pay my IRS bill in magic beans.

I can’t say it’s the first time I’ve underestimated AI’s ability to be useful in my everyday life. I made fun of this simple AI-powered family meal…