Again, it's seriously impressive tech, and it has its uses. But the failure modes are wildly different and severe, made even more severe by how impressive it is

Again, it's seriously impressive tech, and it has its uses. But the failure modes are wildly different and severe, made even more severe by how impressive it is in the usual case. Medical transcriptions find themselves containing cancer diagnoses that were never uttered in reality, for instance. A failing traditional TTS can be spotted by glancing through a transcript. A failing Whisper can only be identified by thorough comparison, with the failures being far more impactful and important to spot.