There's also this seven-week-old example [0] (linked in the essay) of ChatGPT very confidently recommending a asinine course of action because it was unable to understand what the hell it was being told.

Listening to the audio is not required, as there's a reasonably accurate on-screen transcript, but it is valuable to listen to just how very hard they've worked to make this tool sound both confident and capable, even in situations where it's soul-crushingly incorrect. Those of us who have worked in Blasted Corporate Hellscapes may recognize how this manner of speaking can be very, very compelling to a certain sort of person (who -as it turns out- is frequently found in a management position).

[0] <https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUylL79kvub/>