If it was a feature, then competing LLMs could simply leave out this "feature" and take the spot of the leading AI. But the other LLMs have that problem as well

If it was a feature, then competing LLMs could simply leave out this "feature" and take the spot of the leading AI. But the other LLMs have that problem as well. > but significantly worse than a little human effort and an Internet connected computer In some cases perhaps, but there are a lot of cases where asking ChatGPT and then verifying its answer is (much) faster than trying to figure out the answer on your own.