I use it constantly throughout the day for my work. The error rate is fine; just like talking to a person. You have to assume that they are wrong sometimes.
One difference between ChatGPT and people though is that when they don’t know something, the latter usually just tell you they don’t know while the former makes up BS.
I think you have a circle of highly intelligent people around you. I live in Austin and I have all kinds of folks around me and there are plenty of people that are willing to spew bullshit and back it up. I think it's good to have a barometer for bullshit.