Thing is. They call it hallucinating instead of lying for a reason. Its not to humanize it. Hallucinating is humanizing it. Lying would also be humanizing it but the wrong word. AI chatbots unlike humans do not know anything. They are no where near humans in how they work or what they can do. They are just different things. Machines.

Some of the criticism of AI is simply reactionary to the hype machine and honestly it is not that interesting any more. Its like complaining that a fork lift isn't fast because the marketing talked about how fast their fork lifts are. Yeah, marketers lie and water is wet.

Good reviews and journalism isn't reactionary but instead focuses on the benefits and trade-offs.  

kepford

Plausibility is not truth | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

Scoresby

I call it out. And this behaviour is in line with Silicon Valley behaviour. A tech can be both useful and misrepresented by its creators for gain. Many of the tech press are like the regular press. They don't want to get cut out. 