I don't know why you question this. I've used it for meaningful stuff, but I am not convinced that ChatGPT is more than a very sophisticated variety of Eliza.

Just because one person is convinced by an experience doesn't mean people who aren't convinced by it haven't had the experience.

I agree. Coincidentally I don’t think you are more than a very sophisticated variety of Eliza.

That wouldn't surprise me at all!

I have. Here is a list of things at which it failed:

- Write a dead simple piece of code, which is however NOT found as an immediate answer to a stackoverflow question (I've tried this one upwards of 10 times, with no success)

- Categorise a chord when I tell it the constituent pitches, and vice-versa

- Solve a simple quadratic equation

- Show a biography of this mildly obscure singer/politician/scholar

- Write poetry in a given style

- Give me references to read up on a certain technical topic

ALL of these it fails, or rather, worse than fails: it spews plausible bullshit with the same confidence and tone it would spew correct answers. It can go up to manufacturing references and attributing to real people's names.