Mixed
Their help often won't be quite right, but they will probably mention some things I didn't know that if I look up those things will be helpful
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In the thread “Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000x”, replying to this comment
Helped: Provided correct commands for iptables to nft translation
Got in the way: Gave incorrect flags and wrong data format for APIs
I've not done much with ChatGPT but so far my personal impression is that, to make a school analogy, it is like it is a kid a year or two ahead of me who took the class I'm asking for help on but didn't actually do too well. Their help often won't be quite right, but they will probably mention some things I didn't know that if I look up those things will be helpful. Sometimes they are right on the first try. …