AI: Wikipedia with Errors

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MsMorrisine
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just a thought

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2, 2026 6:24AM
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    AI: Wikipedia with more errors.

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    AI: Wikipedia with more errors.

    Yup. "Garbage in. Garbage out."

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  • RiveraFamilyCollect
    RiveraFamilyCollect Posts: 910 ✭✭✭✭
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    Wikipedia has less errors per page than Encyclopedia Britannica.
    For some reason people like to act like it's still 2005 and claim Wikipedia isn't reliable.

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  • dunkleosteus430
    dunkleosteus430 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 12, 2026 9:17AM
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    Wikipedia pages aren't written by AI. They are reviewed by editors, and if they detect AI-like writing they'll have a little investigation and discussion to see what to do about it. Any actual editing that happens from an AI is limited to formatting as far as I'm aware. There are enough dedicated Wikipedia editors to make anything else unnecessary.

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  • Alpha2814
    Alpha2814 Posts: 385 ✭✭✭✭
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    @dunkleosteus430 said:
    Wikipedia pages aren't written by AI. They are reviewed by AI, and if it detects AI-like writing it will notify editors to investigate it. Any actual editing that happens from an AI is limited to formatting as far as I'm aware. There are enough dedicated Wikipedia editors to make anything else unnecessary.

    [citation needed]

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