Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAfter they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations.message-squaremessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down116
arrow-up1405arrow-down1message-squareAfter they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations.Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square111linkfedilink
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down5·1 year agoThere’s more to history than Wikipedia. Like physical books
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoI didn’t even think of that 🤦 I’ve been online for too long
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·1 year agoBack in my day you had to buy Wikipedia. It came in like 20 massive volumes that ate up a shelf or two. Thinking about it… I wonder what my parents did with our copies…
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoI doubt Britanica has a page dedicated to Limp Bizkit.
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe encyclopedia even came on CD for a while. It was called Encarta. But I loved my parent’s World Book Encyclopedia much more.
minus-squareapplemao@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoStill have em! They’ll be the last source of actual knowledge once the AI slop destroys us.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAnd that encyclopedia is online too.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd looking up specific species, animals, conditions
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd historians
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoThe US based ones will be silenced because the algo will ignore them.
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBooks. Classes. Things outside of the Internet. C’mon.
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNot really? Wikipedia is only one small resource. A useful one but it’s only a starting off point at best for any real study
minus-squareCryptagionismisogynist@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNot all physical books are accessible, eg the log books of Christopher Columbus. DOGE is defunding libraries and Dept of Ed. Academics are fleeing. This collapse of knowledge is bad.
There’s more to history than Wikipedia. Like physical books
I didn’t even think of that 🤦
I’ve been online for too long
Back in my day you had to buy Wikipedia. It came in like 20 massive volumes that ate up a shelf or two.
Thinking about it… I wonder what my parents did with our copies…
I doubt Britanica has a page dedicated to Limp Bizkit.
The encyclopedia even came on CD for a while. It was called Encarta. But I loved my parent’s World Book Encyclopedia much more.
Still have em! They’ll be the last source of actual knowledge once the AI slop destroys us.
And that encyclopedia is online too.
And looking up specific species, animals, conditions
And historians
The US based ones will be silenced because the algo will ignore them.
Books. Classes. Things outside of the Internet. C’mon.
Will all be more difficult.
Not really? Wikipedia is only one small resource. A useful one but it’s only a starting off point at best for any real study
Not all physical books are accessible, eg the log books of Christopher Columbus. DOGE is defunding libraries and Dept of Ed. Academics are fleeing. This collapse of knowledge is bad.