nixCraft 🐧Humans independently edit Wikipedia for humans. They don’t have any Ads or cannot be bullied into removing content. Wikipedia is free from AI slop. No wonder tech bros with AI companies want to eliminate it so that their fake AI text generator can show or push propaganda. Please do not let Wikipedia die. It is an independent source and far more reliable than Gen AI companies. It is a real shame that it comes to this.
Kevin Caccamo@nixCraft Another unfortunate thing is that a lot of schools and libraries have big posters warning you that Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source of information, because "anyone can edit it, and therefore it may contain inaccurate and unreliable information". But, at least Wikipedia is more trustworthy than these AI tools that these companies keep pushing, if only for the fact that it doesn't have an AI tool of its own.
JamesTDG@Talon1024 @nixCraft to be honest, my college profs all agree those posters are a load of bullshit. The rule should be to take some of the information with a grain of salt, and read further into linked sources when possible.
The fact that people hold each other in check helps make it more secure of a source in my eyes compared to something like the Washington Post.