just take all right turns?

Its a process.

You find some un-identified variables.

Form some hypothesis, try to narrow it down.

Sometimes it is a discovery, new particle, and sometimes it is nothing.

But that is how science works.

At some point in time, everything was an unknown, and people had to work with unknowns.

This whole movement from the 'right' that all science has to know the answers ahead of time in order to justify spending money, is hindering progress. How can you know the results are worthwhile, in order to justify funding, before doing the research to know the results?

The secular and science minded generations are loosing out to the new rise in religious fundamentalism. The US is turning into a fundamentalist country, I think it's obvious that 'religion' or 'mental illness' is growing, and AI Chatbots are dangerous to the same groups.

Can't argue with that. But that also seems to be the point of the danger of AI Chatbots. Humans are susceptible, overall, not just a few percent with extreme (unarguable outside the norm) mental illness.

Are you sure? We know at least 45% of the adult population is either mentally ill, or easily susceptible to suggestion.