nixCraft 🐧23h ago
I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. I still think that we don’t need three chatbots controlling everything. I fear Wikipedia might be next. This is not good for the Internet
Show threadbazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵23h ago
@nixCraft seconded, very worried about wikipedia. for me that's the most important site on the internet
Show threadpxL20h ago

@bazkie @nixCraft
Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content! Yes, you can legally download the entire Wikipedia in your language for offline usage here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

Feed this to your local running LLM or use other free tools to make it conveniently usable.

Wikipedia:Database download - Wikipedia

Show threadsaxnot [dial "SAXN" at GPN24]16h ago

@tjunker @bazkie @nixCraft and yet still the detachment between source and answer is real.

I know LLM are useful for this *BUT* i personally fear we will lose our sources when we separate where the source is edited/curated and where it is read.
Having a clear pointer to wikipedia and its edit button invites upkeep, addition and change. Without people will consume the knowledge but never feeding back

Show threadpxL15h ago
@saxnot @bazkie @nixCraft I fully agree. I just wanted to show a solution that if Wikipedia online database somehow disappears or gets purposely manipulated with false information, you can have the entire database as offline backup to preserve our knowledge.
Show threadsaxnot [dial "SAXN" at GPN24]

@tjunker @bazkie @nixCraft knowledge is under attack

spreading mistrust in established sources has been and still is important for fascism to thrive.

It's no coincidence we have grokipedia and garbage LLM text everywhere (even when nut using LLM oneself!)

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