Honestly, I think that overall it takes more effort verifying ChatGPT answers than actually researching.

I worry that people who rely on AI will become skilled in making it seem like they aren't. Fortunately a lot of them don't seem very good at that yet.

I've done a few job interviews where it was very clear the interviewee was using Chat GPT or something to answer almost every question. But there may soon come a day when it's not obvious, and then we waste time hiring someone incapable of critical thinking who types proprietary company information into an LLM prompt.