Ask HN: Why is nobody funding Wikipedia with AI based chat with articles
2•jereees•49m ago
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theamk•42m ago
AI and Wikipedia have completely opposite goals
Wikipedia: "Our goal is accurate knowledge. Anyone can fix mistakes, we have processes to make sure articles are as accurate as possible" (you can argue if they are successful or not, but at least it's their goal)
AI: "YOLO! Here are some answers which may or may not be correct, but they sure do look plausible!"
This will be especially bad in Wikipedia's case - a lot of people will will ask questions about stuff _not_ mentioned in articles, and AI, being AI, will hallucinate a lot of plausibly-sounding, but incorrect facts.
theamk•42m ago
Wikipedia: "Our goal is accurate knowledge. Anyone can fix mistakes, we have processes to make sure articles are as accurate as possible" (you can argue if they are successful or not, but at least it's their goal)
AI: "YOLO! Here are some answers which may or may not be correct, but they sure do look plausible!"
This will be especially bad in Wikipedia's case - a lot of people will will ask questions about stuff _not_ mentioned in articles, and AI, being AI, will hallucinate a lot of plausibly-sounding, but incorrect facts.