The wonder of the online world was built by a community of eccentric volunteers. Can it survive the A.I. models it helped train?

One “very senior Wikimedian,” we are told, “came to think of the project as a ‘city built by Asperger’s.’ ”

If you get the paywall, it’s readable at http://archive.today/R2rnW

  • antonim@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    11·
    16 hours ago

    I certainly ignored “duplicative information”, because I don’t even know what those words are supposed to mean.

    You haven’t asked any questions either, you made up a claim and are now seemingly very insulted when an obvious correction is pointed out. Those two sites contain hundreds upon hundreds of thosands of entire books, entire encyclopedias, and god knows how many scientific articles, inevitably way more stuff than Wikipedia. Every Wikipedia editor should have them open in a tab while editing ready to verify the existing sources and look for new ones.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      16 hours ago

      because I don’t even know what those words are supposed to mean.

      How many websites about Pokemon do you think are archived?

      How much of that info is duplicative (meaning it exists multiple times)?

      If 2 gigs of data all says charmander evolves into charazard, why is that worth more than a single text string saying it once?

      You haven’t asked any questions either

      I already understand it…

      You don’t even know what “duplicative” means, and were too lazy to even look it up, you just wanted to argue about how your opinion matters more than facts.

      marked by duplication

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duplicative