In fairness... We don't know that anyone asking the AI actually believed it and isn't just probing to see what happens. But, you and I both know that someone out there will take it at face value.

Let's be real anyway: ChatGPT is sourcing this information from a bunch of nootropics forums, hence why it's coming off as confident and knowledgeable (and shortsighted)... because the source material is a pharma-bro.