My understanding with present-day LLMs is that you can ask it something and get an answer, but you have to treat it with the same degree of confidence as hearsa

My understanding with present-day LLMs is that you can ask it something and get an answer, but you have to treat it with the same degree of confidence as hearsay. You may then ask it to cite its sources, at which point you get reliable references, or it will apologize for getting things wrong.