For me, it's that this recently-released product is already competing (in the minds of users, which is what counts) with a decades-old mature product. In terms of accuracy, the "but sometimes it's wrong" perspective reminds me of the initial reaction among some to wikipedia. Yep, ANYONE can edit it. Yep, they could lie... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There are and always have been mechanisms in place to address lying on Wikipedia, which work with varying degrees of effectiveness depending on the topic.
What is the mechanism to address lying by a language model?
> There are and always have been mechanisms in place to address lying on Wikipedia
Wikipedia's mechanisms are fundamentally unable to cope with motivated, coordinated gangs that conspire together to push a distorted perspective, particularly on niche articles. Given Wikipedia's prominence, this is a problem that will only get worse.
