Damn, that's quite a rant!
Sometimes you just got to just let it all out.
I thought I was just doing it wrong.
Last time I looked at it I spent 2 hrs trying to figure a feature on my camera only for it to say at the end oops the info I gave is on the next model up
The first time I used it I asked it to write me a script based one 1 I write a couple yrs before as a test. It was more or less exactly as I wrote it. So thought it was pretty good
I’m a bit the opposite, though still don’t trust it. I’m helping out writing essays and generating content, so it’s good for helping out with brainstorming and getting the ball rolling on creative projects like that (though you still have to massage it and double-check everything). Still haven’t found any good programming uses for it though, the instances I’ve tried it I’ve gotten useless responses.
Have you tried Codeium (https://codeium.com) as an extension to your IDE? It can consider your whole project when answering your questions so it feels like it spits out more relevant answers than vanilla ChatGPT. I'm not a good or experienced dev though, so I don't trust my own evaluations in this arena.
