I feel this is closely related to the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. There is an unearned trust you have granted ChatGPT. Maybe it's because the broad outline appea

I feel this is closely related to the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. There is an unearned trust you have granted ChatGPT. Maybe it's because the broad outline appears correct and is stated in a confident manner. This may be how good bullshitters work (think psychic mediums, faith healing, televangelists). They can't bullshit all people all the time. But they don't need to. They only need to bullshit a certain percentage of people most of the time to have a market for their scam.