I'm getting pretty tired of these posts dunking on ChatGPT making it to HN. Yes, we know if you try to see if it is "smart", it'll fall down. It's pretty easy to show how silly it is compared to things a human could do, etc. Haha, robot do the mistake again! This is the equivalent of someone Googling something back in 2000 and saying "wow this is just a joke because I searched for 'cat' and got a few dog pics. It'll…
I have a similar experience. I've been using it to explain minified code I come across and unusual code patterns I don't understand. It's similar to a coworker in that it's not always right but can generally point me in the right direction if not. But one that responds within seconds and not with a random delay of 5 minutes to 3 days. It also means that I'm interrupting my real coworkers less.
I used to be the "C++ wizard" who everyone in my team would bug when they'd come across some weird behavior, but now I just say "ask ChatGPT about $footgun in C++". It actually explains it super well!