The only down side, IMO, is that the models are proprietary and closed.

It’s only going to hallucinate until it gets new input from reality. Not nearly as precarious as generative models.

It also doesn’t help in oligopolies where you are stuck with mostly bad options.

Heads firmly stuck in the sand looking for petro-profits.

Looking at you, Scholz…

Hmmm, I wonder if they’ll just stop once they take Ukraine. Surely, they’ll just mothball all of that gear they’ve spent the last two years ramping production up for.