We're at such a strange point where even school children knows that something like Wikipedia isn't necessarily factually correct and that you need to double check. They then go and ask ChatGPT, as if it wasn't trained on Wikipedia.

We haven't reached the stage yet where the majority of people are as sceptical of chatbots as they are of Wikipedia.

I get that even if people know not to trust a wiki, they might anyway, because, meh, good enough, but I still like us to move into a stage where the majority is at least somewhat aware that the chatbot might be wrong.

To be fair, most people aren’t even critical of Wikipedia. They read an article, consume its content, and believe themselves competent experts without digging into the sources, the papers, or the talk pages for discourse and dissent.

Giving LLMs credibility as “lossless encyclopedias” is tacit approval of further dumbing-down of humanity through answer engines instead of building critical thinking skills.