>it seems to be best at problems that you’re unfamiliar with
Yes.
>in domains where you have trouble judging the quality
Sure, possibly. Kind of like how you think the news is accurate until you read a story that's in your field.
But not necessarily. Might just be more "I don't know how do to <basic task> in <domain that I don't spend a lot of time in>", and LLMs are good at doing basic tasks.
