> Publishers know they cannot publish false information without spoiling their reputation. How did that saying go? You sweet summer child... Reputation doesn'

> Publishers know they cannot publish false information without spoiling their reputation. How did that saying go? You sweet summer child... Reputation doesn't matter. It hasn't mattered for a while. There's too much confusion, you can't get no relief, and there's definitely not enough time in a day to care. Most non-fiction publishing either is, or is funded by, advertising industry. I.e. pathological liars. You better believe most of the stuff those people publish is intentionally at the very least bullshit (in the sense of not caring whether it's true or false -- see most content marketing), and a lot of it is plain lies. ChatGPT gets confused and fabricates stuff as much as a person speaking whatever comes to their mind. But at the very least, it's not lying to you intentionally. Which is why it's, for now, useful as a bullshit filter for the rest of the Internet.