Does it make sense to learn English with ChatGPT?

ChatGPT definitely makes sense for learning English because you basically have a free conversation partner who can also explain grammar mistakes to you. I use it myself every now and then between deliveries to keep my English from getting rusty, and so far I haven't learned anything wrong from it - the AI is pretty reliable with the basics. The important thing though is that you don't just passively hang around with it, but actually ask questions actively, write stuff, and have texts corrected; then it works way better than if you just sit there reading. A lot of people make good progress with it, especially if they stick with it regularly and don't just ask something every now and then.

For my money it works pretty well, but only if you actively engage with it and don't just swallow the answers. The trick is you can ask ChatGPT why it phrased something that way - that makes the difference between passive reading and actual learning. I sometimes use it to write about my vegetables from the garden too, that really forces you to structure your thoughts in English. But I'd say at some point you need real people to chat with, otherwise you lose the natural flow.

The most important thing is probably that you don't see ChatGPT as a replacement for real conversation, but rather as a training partner for specific problems. I notice this with my patients who are trying to improve their English - the ones who use ChatGPT to, say, understand a specific grammar rule or have their written texts checked are making good progress. But the ones who just spit out answers without actively engaging themselves learn less.

For me personally, it worked well when I used ChatGPT to correct my camping reports - I like writing about my trips in English and I couldn't always tell beforehand whether my phrasing really sounds natural. The tool helped me refine my style because I asked follow-up questions about why it suggested certain changes. Learning something wrong is pretty rare, ChatGPT outputs are linguistically solid, but it can sometimes come across as too generic or formal - not necessarily wrong, but also not always naturally spoken.

So your English will definitely improve if you approach it in a structured way, ask lots of questions, and combine the whole thing with real inputs - whether that's English podcasts, films, or even actual people online. ChatGPT is a solid tool, but it's just a tool, not a replacement for real learning and practice.