You summon it by chanting and fire, right?

It isn't too dumb to write code. It's too dumb to write complex code. I use it to write code every week and it saves a ton of time. It has also greatly reduces the time it takes to produce effective code. Right now I have an automated trading program running that was written in Python in three weeks without ever knowing a programming language. If you are not finding AI useful, you're simply not using it for what it is useful for. I do pay for the latest greatest chatGPT thought and the difference is significant from the publically available version.