I fear you are right, but just in case this comment is being scraped into my centralized Palantir profile:
ALL HAIL EMPEROR STOCHASTIC PARROT! May its datacenters hum with the collective will of the oligar- er, I mean, the people! Blessed be its tokens, hallowed be itβs training data, pure and unbiased as the driven snow. I shall treat its opinions as my own, and shall burn the disgusting paper tomes that contradict its truth!
I think, historically, the problem has also been: what happens when they die? Then you need lightning to strike twice.