Since chatbots get so many things right — and spew out answers with such certainty — anybody who doesn’t fact-check their replies may be left with incorrect assumptions. Given the havoc that (non-AI-powered) disinformation has already wreaked on society, unleashing this sometimes mind-boggling technology before it can be trusted to deliver genuine information reliably and consistently — even if it manages to elude Google’s copy editors — might be a wild ride.
