> Also, god forbid you're researching a complex and possibly controversial subject and you want it to find reputable sources or particularly academic ones.
That's fine. Recognize the limits of LLMs and don't use them in those cases.
Yet that is something you should be doing regardless of the source. There are plenty of non-reputable sources in academic libraries and there are plenty of non-reputable sources from professionals in any given field. That is particularly true when dealing with controversial topics or historical sources.