to your point of > it reminds me at every turn not to trust the answers
At this point with minimal LLM use, I find same as you.
I also think, why is this a surprise to anyone?
It's trained to mimic us. If I ask my colleague, XYZ, and he doesn't know the answer, or perhaps has a superficial knowledge of the topic, then he gives me back his best estimate or guess, I would still likely want to check further, dig more into sources, or otherwise kick the idea around more with my colleague.
So far the LLMs are mor