[LittleShaman]

I've expressed this badly. By "but not what I wanted" I don't mean it suggesting an alternative. I mean it giving an answer claiming to do what I asked for, but which doesn't actually. I would not be able to catch this. I hope this clarifies why I gave that as an example to my uncertainty of ChatGPT giving wrong answers.

On stackoverflow and the like you will know that the question does not apply to you.

[Zababa]

If the answer doesn't do what I want, either I see it and can fix this, or I don't and then the origin of the answer doesn't really matter. That's my experience solving my problems, and I'm sure other people may have different experiences that leads them to different conclusions. But for me, for now, ChatGPT as a first step makes sense.

[ParetoOptimal]

> I mean it giving an answer claiming to do what I asked for, but which doesn't actually. I would not be able to catch this. I hope this clarifies why I gave that as an example to my uncertainty of ChatGPT giving wrong answers.

You decompose the problem further and then tell gpt it was wrong and what you know.