[juvvel]

It can explain stuff to you in exactly the way you need to, and walk you through problems. You can ask it to create quizzes / guided questions for you which helps in organizing your own thoughts. Another application I find quite remarkable is asking it for good prompts for image generation models. The biggest benefit is that you're not starting from zero when entering a new problem space / domain.

[Zealotux]

But how do you assert the information is correct? It could be dangerous to blindly trust an imperfect tool as a teacher.

[nevon]

On the other hand, that exact line of thinking could be applied when taking about pair programming or getting advice from a more senior peer. In either case the answer is to critically think about the answers and seek confirmation elsewhere when needed.

[juvvel]

You can ask it to specify or point out any logical errors you observed and it will correct itself. If there's a contradiction I know that the information might be incorrect. I'm also just using it as a starting point to prime my brain, of course as of today we still need other sources to verify the knowledge.

[ftxbro]

If I'm taught by any teacher, even a human one, I will blindly trust them. Also I require these human teachers to be perfect (omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent) so that I avoid danger. This is how I assert the information is correct.

EDIT: guys the point of this comment was to show how ridiculous the requirements of the parent comment would be if applied to human teacher as well as to AI teacher

[tete]

I am not even in an environment where ChatGPT is very present and yet I've seen that happening sitting right next to a person with exactly that thing happening.

[lwhi]

We need to interrogate and test all information we receive.

[SuoDuanDao]

executing the code it's recommending tends to cut the bullshit pretty quick.