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===In brief===
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*'''Wikipedia and UK Government move to censor climate debate''': ''[[UnHerd]]'', a British conservative political magazine [https://unherd.com/thepost/wikipedia-and-uk-government-move-to-censor-climate-debate/ criticizes Wikipedia]
*'''Subtitle''': The ''[[Jerusalam Post]] celebrates the 20th anniversary of the [[Hebrew Wikipedia]]
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-752772
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Revision as of 20:19, 28 July 2023
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A moment of truth or just the end of the Wiki?
The New York Times says this is "Wikipedia's Moment of Truth" and asks: Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right – without destroying itself in the process? Starting with the 2021 essay, Death of Wikipedia by Barkeep49, the Times examines how Wikipedia and artificial intelligence will interact. Barkeeps49 considers death by AI to be the most likely cause of Wikipedia's demise, followed by a fragmentation of the internet, and forks caused by WMF shenanigans. All these scenarios might seems wildly optimistic, but Barkeep49 does outline the strengths of Wikipedia (only a better encyclopedia will be able to replace us - but reaching that milestone will be very difficult for a new 'pedia; the likely lack of agreement among Wiki editors on which 'pedia to move to, and the WMF stash of cash) and why our encyclopedia won't likely succumb to any of these threats anytime soon. But Barkeep49 did admit that "AI's day of writing a high quality encyclopedia is coming sooner rather than later." He told the Times reporter that "It wouldn’t surprise me if things are fine for the next three years, and then, all of a sudden, in Year 4 or 5, things drop off a cliff."
Academic researcher Nicholas Vincent worries, according to the Times that AI will cannibalize Wikipedia, mostly spouting information taken from the 'pedia. A chatbot need not be better that Wikipedia, but simply faster or have a few more up-to-date sources. Once a chatbot's Wiki-based output becomes more popular than the 'pedia itself, the quality of the 'pedia might fall, leaving the chatbot to cannibalize itself. This has lead one group of Wikipedians on a conference call to agree that We want a world in which knowledge is created by humans.
The article continues at length and in depth. Other topics include a Wikipedia plug-in that allows updating the chatbot's text and a reflection on Joseph Reagle's "The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia". There's even a few paragraphs on the final death spiral. In sum the Times article is encyclopedic, something that this author doubts a chatbot could replicate. –S
Wikipedia's climate coverage in the news
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/18/middleeast/cop-28-dubai-greenwashing-climate/index.html https://unherd.com/thepost/wikipedia-and-uk-government-move-to-censor-climate-debate/
In brief
- Wikipedia and UK Government move to censor climate debate: UnHerd, a British conservative political magazine criticizes Wikipedia for a project intended to provide information and weed out disinformation about climate change, run as part of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 13. They also didn't like the UN's anti-disinformation efforts about Covid-19.
- Subtitle: The Jerusalam Post celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-752772
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Uncritical coverage of the Unherd piece on climate?
It's rather sad to see the Signpost uncritically grouping the Unherd claim of a UN lead conspiracy to create disinformation on Wikipedia along a real, evidenced piece of disinformation found on the projects. The piece makes exagerated claims of conspiracy and repression of perspectives, while also citing widely debunked and poorly researched disinformation itself. If the Signpost is going to run these kinds of claims, at least provide some basic qualitative review of how well-grounded the claims are.Sadads (talk) 21:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
20th anniversary of the Hebrew Wikipedia
The folks from Wikimedia Israel shared their own report of the celebration with some charming photos. Ckoerner (talk) 20:32, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]