A useful starting point, not a final answer
I use ChatGPT mostly to turn rough ideas into a first draft and to get unstuck when I need a quick explanation. It is fast and usually gives me a useful starting point, especially for writing and everyday research. The answers can still sound confident when a detail is wrong, so I double-check anything important and rewrite the result in my own voice. Overall, it saves me time, but it works best as an assistant rather than a final source.