* I'm learning a new programming language. "How do I do <some process> in <language>?" I get enough of an answer that I can experiment with the results.
* I have to write business emails. Instead of spending 20 minutes trying to think of the right politically correct terminology, I feed it the bullet points and it spits out a mostly proper email which I then spend another 5 minutes re-typing to get it the rest of the way.
* I've always wanted to start a blog, but I hate writing. Same idea as the previous point, but for blog posts.
I don't blindly trust it's output, but it saves me a ton of time in handling the to me bs extra stuff by filling in the edges.
The internet and books primarily focus on beginner-to-intermediate process, so there's very little resources beyond that. I've found ChatGPT to be exceptional for explaining things beyond it, like getting into more advanced Rust topics lately.
I think the key is to treat it like an experienced mentor that can make mistakes because of imperfect memory, not a perfect talking encyclopedia. Web searches don't always have the right answer, and even experts with decades of experience (cough) still get things wrong regularly. It's a collaborative conversation.
I don't blindly trust it's output, but it saves me a ton of time in handling the to me bs extra stuff by filling in the edges.