Yea, i'm similar. I use GPT4 as a sort of "thought/idea search engine". Where i use Kagi (my Search engine) when i need to find something i already know or when i know there is a concrete answer that i might (definitely) not trust GPT on. However i use GPT when i am exploring new concepts, learning terminology, relationships, etc.

GPT is super prone to error on any niche thing, be it subtle nuance or concrete details, but i don't actually find it to be any more or less reliable to the state of the web. Ie most content i consume from the web is full of errors, incorrect facts, etc. I don't find my suspicion of this to be any different than that of GPT. However GPT has a great way of having the relationships to error-ridden results in the web already established. I can ask it about this web of things to get a better understanding when i drill into concrete facts via standard search.

GPT is far from a gimmick in my usage, but i also don't think it's revolutionary yet. I use it because i'm exploring and finding it useful, but also because each new leap OpenAI makes is pretty damn impressive. This week they're rolling out Plugins i believe. Every step they take is fun to be with, fun to use, fun to experience. That alone is worth the $20/m for me.

Here with you 3. I use the warp terminal. They integrated chatgpt into it. I almost never leave my terminal now if I need to search something quickly.

If I forget some api or technique in some language, I ask it. Depending on its results, I may or may not start browsing for more details or to verify.

I agree. Especially because it seems like, almost simultaneously, Google's result quality has just tanked. It's difficult to find good answers to most things that aren't either behind a paywall or written by the company that made them etc. It helped me debug my tractor last week and helped advise me on the correct part numbers and stuff. Things I was unable to find on the open internet without confusion because everyone just had product pages with zero information.