The problem is that if they didn't give constant disclaimers then a lot of people would very happily sue them out of existence if possible and at the very least constantly condemn them at every opportunity.

This kind of AI capability challenges worldviews. And that means that many people are very eager to tear it down and find ways to dismiss it. Combine that with the general enthusiasm for excessive litigation, the fact that it actually will occasionally give advice that could be very misleading, general lack of cognitive ability of those consuming it, and it explains why there are so many disclaimers.

And this is why software as a service sucks. Host your own!

I suspect that if OpenAI didn't have ChatGPT continuously output these disclaimers then they could get in a lot of legal trouble if, say, someone asked it for medical or legal advice and then sued when something bad happened.

I sincerely hope OP is doing this for entertainment purposes only or as a very basic aid to shopping around, and not actually accepting medical advice from ChatGPT (or the Internet in general). The fact that I might be wrong about that suggests those disclaimers are absolutely necessary!

I found a lot of luck by telling ChatGPT that I want direct answers only.

But you're right, it's annoying.

You underestimate how absolutely stupid many people are.

They could literally draw a direct line from all the tokens in those disclaimers/boiler plate to dollars in the forfeited energy use.

I dont think you should use ChatGPT for anything serious, especially something health related. It's simply not designed for that purpose. Best case scenario is you are getting the combined wisdom of reddit, and worst case you are getting convincing sounding made-up nonsense.

Apparently the message aren’t frequent enough, as you clearly did not heed their message.

I can't think of a topic that would need this disclaimer more than medical advice provided by a language model.

Out of curiosity, were you able to find a free clinic or someplace where a real healthcare provider could assess the injury?