Search results are useless, AI is poisoning Wikipédia. While I do have the patience to read primary sources in my field of study, it becomes a nightmare to repeat this process for every bit of information I want.

I’m almost signing up for Encyclopedia Britannica. I don’t know what else to do.

  • kadu@scribe.disroot.orgOP
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    Wikipédia is fighting an ongoing and ever increasing issue of collaborators pushing AI text into articles, which contain false information.

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      And there’s corporations pushing agendas into primary sources. And there’s lying liars who lie for lying’s sake.

      If you’re going to draw the line at “unassailable truth” then you’re doing all the work yourself.