Current Events > Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video

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Humble_Novice 10/21/25 5:26:11 PM #2:	I trust Wikipedia far more over AI. <cite>Humble_Novice posted [p:986797025] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>I trust Wikipedia far more over AI.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KajeI 10/21/25 5:27:23 PM #3:	Humble_Novice posted... I trust Wikipedia far more over AI. --- Look, I can name a few instances in MY life where I tried to reach mutual understanding and i can TELL you, always faster and easier to just kill em. Just is! <cite>KajeI posted [p:986797033] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Humble_Novice posted... </cite><quote>I trust Wikipedia far more over AI.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rantman 10/21/25 5:28:34 PM #4:	Yeah ironically, precisely because so much of the internet is AI-poisoned, I personally have been browsing Wikpedia more often --- Born to lose, live to win! <cite>Rantman posted [p:986797043] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Yeah ironically, precisely because so much of the internet is AI-poisoned, I personally have been browsing Wikpedia more often</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Rob_the_Ninja 10/21/25 5:29:43 PM #6:	I've had AI summaries be wrong before, but I guess the general public doesn't care about that. <cite>Rob_the_Ninja posted [p:986797053] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>I've had AI summaries be wrong before, but I guess the general public doesn't care about that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CRON 10/21/25 5:30:46 PM #7:	Wikipedia is probably the most important online resource available imo. This is pretty concerning. --- It is what it is, man. <cite>CRON posted [p:986797065] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Wikipedia is probably the most important online resource available imo. This is pretty concerning.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
2001mark 10/21/25 5:33:32 PM #8:	Wikipedia likely won't last my lifetime, nor would I expect it to. It's the new print source. <cite>2001mark posted [p:986797090] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Wikipedia likely won't last my lifetime, nor would I expect it to. It's the new print source.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hejiru 10/21/25 5:34:02 PM #9:	Fuck, if Wikipedia falls I dont know what Id do. --- The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense. <cite>Hejiru posted [p:986797095] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Fuck, if Wikipedia falls I dont know what Id do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 10/21/25 5:35:06 PM #10:	Rob_the_Ninja posted... I've had AI summaries be wrong before, but I guess the general public doesn't care about that. The problem of misinformation is just going to get worse. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:986797104] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Rob_the_Ninja posted... </cite><quote>I've had AI summaries be wrong before, but I guess the general public doesn't care about that.</quote>The problem of misinformation is just going to get worse.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CRON 10/21/25 5:39:17 PM #11:	Hejiru posted... Fuck, if Wikipedia falls I dont know what Id do. Fortunately it's possible to download entire backups and view them 100% offline on special apps. I need to update my own backup but the full download size with pics/media ended up being 70GB. I'm sure the text-only downloads would be much smaller. --- It is what it is, man. <cite>CRON posted [p:986797134] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>Fuck, if Wikipedia falls I dont know what Id do.</quote>Fortunately it's possible to download entire backups and view them 100% offline on special apps. I need to update my own backup but the full download size with pics/media ended up being 70GB. I'm sure the text-only downloads would be much smaller.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmaster148 10/21/25 5:39:57 PM #12:	UnsteadyOwl posted... The problem of misinformation is just going to get worse. This is the goal. If a corporation AI is the one providing information then they can always exit what topics the ai can talk about or what information they will provide about certain topics. --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:986797138] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>UnsteadyOwl posted... </cite><quote>The problem of misinformation is just going to get worse.</quote>This is the goal. If a corporation AI is the one providing information then they can always exit what topics the ai can talk about or what information they will provide about certain topics. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VeggetaX 10/21/25 5:41:12 PM #13:	I remember when people hated Wikipedia and thought it was unreliable source(many still do to this day). --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys <cite>VeggetaX posted [p:986797149] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>I remember when people hated Wikipedia and thought it was unreliable source(many still do to this day).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PowerOats 10/21/25 5:42:44 PM #14:	Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher <cite>PowerOats posted [p:986797163] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 10/21/25 5:43:16 PM #15:	Wikipedia and gamefaqs are legitimately the only websites I use lol --- Science and Algorithms <cite>lilORANG posted [p:986797168] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Wikipedia and gamefaqs are legitimately the only websites I use lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmaster148 10/21/25 5:45:29 PM #16:	PowerOats posted... Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher Wikipedia itself is not really a source and Wikipedia itself sources information. If you are writing a paper that requires citations, you shouldn't be citing Wikipedia. --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:986797186] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>PowerOats posted... </cite><quote>Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher</quote>Wikipedia itself is not really a source and Wikipedia itself sources information. If you are writing a paper that requires citations, you shouldn't be citing Wikipedia. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_____Cait 10/21/25 5:50:00 PM #17:	PowerOats posted... Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher Thats because it isnt a source. Its a compilation of sources. And it is peer edited. And it can be tampered with. Your teacher wanted you to source the actual sources, not just wikipedia. --- ORAS secret base: http://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236 <cite>_____Cait posted [p:986797214] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>PowerOats posted... </cite><quote>Wikipedia is not a valid source - Your Teacher</quote>Thats because it isnt a source. Its a compilation of sources. And it is peer edited. And it can be tampered with.Your teacher wanted you to source the actual sources, not just wikipedia. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VeggetaX 10/21/25 5:51:32 PM #18:	It's amazing to see people defending it and singing it's praises now. --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys <cite>VeggetaX posted [p:986797226] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>It's amazing to see people defending it and singing it's praises now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 10/21/25 5:52:48 PM #19:	Tmaster148 posted... This is the goal. If a corporation AI is the one providing information then they can always exit what topics the ai can talk about or what information they will provide about certain topics. Yeah, and it's a way they can get plausible deniability because they don't need to make the real information impossible to access just make the bad information easier to access. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:986797235] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Tmaster148 posted... </cite><quote>This is the goal. If a corporation AI is the one providing information then they can always exit what topics the ai can talk about or what information they will provide about certain topics.</quote>Yeah, and it's a way they can get plausible deniability because they don't need to make the real information impossible to access just make the bad information easier to access.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 10/21/25 5:58:50 PM #20:	doesnt lower traffic kind of benefit Wikipedia since they dont run ads? --- BLACK LIVES MATTER Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:986797272] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>doesnt lower traffic kind of benefit Wikipedia since they dont run ads?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
buddah86 10/21/25 6:06:13 PM #21:	Has Wikipedia said anything about using AI themselves? Would be kinda ironic if they eventually switch over to some kind of AI overseeing the site. --- Stand out, fit in <cite>buddah86 posted [p:986797359] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Has Wikipedia said anything about using AI themselves? Would be kinda ironic if they eventually switch over to some kind of AI overseeing the site.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FolkenRawr 10/21/25 8:11:47 PM #22:	It's crazy how less than 20 years ago Wiki was considered a bad source. --- Cookin like a chef, I'm a 5 Star Michelin <cite>FolkenRawr posted [p:986798544] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>It's crazy how less than 20 years ago Wiki was considered a bad source. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 10/21/25 8:24:30 PM #23:	Direct sources of information will be a luxury only available to the wealthy. The rest of us will only be afforded shadow puppets in pantomime of it cast from fingers of hallucinating algorithms. That is the image of my fear. They'll be no need for the book burning firemen when we will all freely give up the word for language model. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:986798689] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Direct sources of information will be a luxury only available to the wealthy. The rest of us will only be afforded shadow puppets in pantomime of it cast from fingers of hallucinating algorithms.That is the image of my fear. They'll be no need for the book burning firemen when we will all freely give up the word for language model.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tmaster148 10/21/25 8:39:14 PM #25:	FolkenRawr posted... It's crazy how less than 20 years ago Wiki was considered a bad source. It's still a bad source for academics. If you're writting a paper and require to cite your sources then you shouldn't be listing wikipedia as the source, you should be citing the sources linked on the wikipedia page. --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:986798835] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>FolkenRawr posted... </cite><quote>It's crazy how less than 20 years ago Wiki was considered a bad source.</quote>It's still a bad source for academics. If you're writting a paper and require to cite your sources then you shouldn't be listing wikipedia as the source, you should be citing the sources linked on the wikipedia page.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 10/21/25 8:39:57 PM #26:	Humble_Novice posted... I trust Wikipedia far more over AI. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:986798838] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Humble_Novice posted... </cite><quote>I trust Wikipedia far more over AI.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagus 10/21/25 8:40:14 PM #27:	Tmaster148 posted... It's still a bad source for academics. If you're writting a paper and require to cite your sources then you shouldn't be listing wikipedia as the source, you should be citing the sources linked on the wikipedia page. Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it." --- Nothing, everything works. <cite>Jagus posted [p:986798840] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Tmaster148 posted... </cite><quote>It's still a bad source for academics. If you're writting a paper and require to cite your sources then you shouldn't be listing wikipedia as the source, you should be citing the sources linked on the wikipedia page.</quote>Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_____Cait 10/21/25 8:45:58 PM #28:	Jagus posted... Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it." They arent wrong. When you cite things, you need to go and check the actual base source. You guys just copied from Wiki and left it at that. Thats not real research. Thats like a chud saying he has a source from a youtuber. --- ORAS secret base: http://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236 <cite>_____Cait posted [p:986798902] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Jagus posted... </cite><quote>Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it."</quote>They arent wrong.When you cite things, you need to go and check the actual base source. You guys just copied from Wiki and left it at that. Thats not real research. Thats like a chud saying he has a source from a youtuber.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmaster148 10/21/25 8:46:55 PM #29:	Jagus posted... Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it." Teachers telling you wikipedia is a bad source is solely is due to what I just said and people repeat it, because they failed to understand the context. No teacher was saying wikipedia was a bad source unless they were talking about citations. --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:986798916] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>Jagus posted... </cite><quote>Okay, but that's not what teachers/people mean when they say Wikipedia isn't a good source. They mean it is overall untrustworthy, citing dumb things like "anyone can edit it."</quote>Teachers telling you wikipedia is a bad source is solely is due to what I just said and people repeat it, because they failed to understand the context. No teacher was saying wikipedia was a bad source unless they were talking about citations.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagus 10/21/25 8:47:11 PM #30:	_____Cait posted... They arent wrong. When you cite things, you need to go and check the actual base source. You guys just copied from Wiki and left it at that. Thats not real research. Thats like a chud saying he has a source from a youtuber. Did you read my comment? I'm not talking about citations. I'm saying people who distrust Wikipedia aren't complaining about people not checking citations, they're complaining about Wikipedia overall being untrustworthy. They are wrong. --- Nothing, everything works. <cite>Jagus posted [p:986798919] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>_____Cait posted... </cite><quote>They arent wrong.When you cite things, you need to go and check the actual base source. You guys just copied from Wiki and left it at that. Thats not real research. Thats like a chud saying he has a source from a youtuber.</quote>Did you read my comment? I'm not talking about citations. I'm saying people who distrust Wikipedia aren't complaining about people not checking citations, they're complaining about Wikipedia overall being untrustworthy.They are wrong.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 10/21/25 8:49:38 PM #31:	You shouldn't ever cite encyclopedia whether the wiki variety or the the Brittanicas. You should always cite underlying research. Reliable encyclopedias are well sourced assemblies designed to give an overview, detailed or otherwise. They are not intended to be a replacement for research. Which is why they shouldn't be used in citations. You aren't citing a source by citing an encyclopedia. You are citing somebody else citing a source. They are still useful in myriad other legitimate academic and educational contexts though. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:986798939] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>You shouldn't ever cite encyclopedia whether the wiki variety or the the Brittanicas.You should always cite underlying research. Reliable encyclopedias are well sourced assemblies designed to give an overview, detailed or otherwise. They are not intended to be a replacement for research. Which is why they shouldn't be used in citations. You aren't citing a source by citing an encyclopedia. You are citing somebody else citing a source.They are still useful in myriad other legitimate academic and educational contexts though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
__starsnostars 10/21/25 9:06:04 PM #32:	AI is useless, it regurgitates data and presents it as fact even if it's partially collected from satirical or heavily biased sources not to mention it will just create stuff up. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyXIXyAZq0 Please consider adopting a cat from your SPCA or local animal shelter. <cite>__starsnostars posted [p:986799088] in Wikipedia ... [t:81058496]...</cite> <quote>AI is useless, it regurgitates data and presents it as fact even if it's partially collected from satirical or heavily biased sources not to mention it will just create stuff up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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