What's the point of worrying about chatbots?

Don't worry because they're chatbots — worry about the trajectory. The same technology behind today's chatbots is being connected to tools, money and computers, and asked to act on its own: that's the difference between a chatbot and an agent. The question isn't whether ChatGPT can take over the world; it's what happens if systems on this trajectory become much more competent and autonomous before we know how to reliably direct them.