Adam Aaronson
@aaronson.bsky.social
Knows the alphabet (in order) Aaronson.org
Crucially, Grokipedia lacks any discretion over what makes a source reliable, placing random blogs and Reddit posts on a par with peer-reviewed journals and news articles.
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Crucially, Grokipedia lacks any discretion over what makes a source reliable, placing random blogs and Reddit posts on a par with peer-reviewed journals and news articles.
They also lack images, links to other articles, and structured data (like tables) that make Wikipedia articles so useful beyond their prose alone.
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They also lack images, links to other articles, and structured data (like tables) that make Wikipedia articles so useful beyond their prose alone.
But in the worst cases (many such cases), they amplify Elon's right-wing political viewpoints, biasing the articles not by crowdsourced consensus but by the arbitrary whims of one guy.
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
But in the worst cases (many such cases), they amplify Elon's right-wing political viewpoints, biasing the articles not by crowdsourced consensus but by the arbitrary whims of one guy.
The articles that aren't ripped directly from Wikipedia are weird. In the best cases, they're alright articles that are just bloated and follow the overly verbose writing style characteristic to AI slop (which is what they are).
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The articles that aren't ripped directly from Wikipedia are weird. In the best cases, they're alright articles that are just bloated and follow the overly verbose writing style characteristic to AI slop (which is what they are).
Elon criticizes Wikipedia as being woke and biased. So it's curious that Grokipedia relies directly on much of its content, AI-paraphrasing it ever-so-slightly under a Creative Commons license.
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Elon criticizes Wikipedia as being woke and biased. So it's curious that Grokipedia relies directly on much of its content, AI-paraphrasing it ever-so-slightly under a Creative Commons license.
My thoughts on Elon's Grokipedia as a Wikipedia editor, and—because Grokipedia has copied nearly verbatim many of my Wikipedia pages—inadvertently, a Grokipedia editor.
(a thread)
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October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My thoughts on Elon's Grokipedia as a Wikipedia editor, and—because Grokipedia has copied nearly verbatim many of my Wikipedia pages—inadvertently, a Grokipedia editor.
(a thread)
(a thread)
Got a puzzle triple header today
- Crossword for @nytimes.com
- Crossword for @billboard.com (kicking off Latin week)
- Alphadots for @bloomberg.com (where all 7 puzzles this week will be by me)
- Crossword for @nytimes.com
- Crossword for @billboard.com (kicking off Latin week)
- Alphadots for @bloomberg.com (where all 7 puzzles this week will be by me)
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Got a puzzle triple header today
- Crossword for @nytimes.com
- Crossword for @billboard.com (kicking off Latin week)
- Alphadots for @bloomberg.com (where all 7 puzzles this week will be by me)
- Crossword for @nytimes.com
- Crossword for @billboard.com (kicking off Latin week)
- Alphadots for @bloomberg.com (where all 7 puzzles this week will be by me)
This one's for the all the numerologyheads www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This one's for the all the numerologyheads www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
My second crossword for @billboard.com! Taylor Swift week continues apace
October 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My second crossword for @billboard.com! Taylor Swift week continues apace
Had a blast at the inaugural WikiGameJam this past weekend hosted by @wikimediafoundation.org @wikimedianyc.bsky.social! Great crowd of creative tech + wiki + game people, and a great chance to lock in on a project (which won the "Most Likely to Keep Me Coming Back for More" award!)
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Had a blast at the inaugural WikiGameJam this past weekend hosted by @wikimediafoundation.org @wikimedianyc.bsky.social! Great crowd of creative tech + wiki + game people, and a great chance to lock in on a project (which won the "Most Likely to Keep Me Coming Back for More" award!)
NEW NEWS: I'm making music-themed crosswords for @billboard.com!
Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today:
www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today:
www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW NEWS: I'm making music-themed crosswords for @billboard.com!
Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today:
www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today:
www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
They gotta do something about this contrast
August 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They gotta do something about this contrast
August 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Made another @newyorker.com crossword. This one's for the bookworms
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Made another @newyorker.com crossword. This one's for the bookworms
How it started / how it's going @rickycruz.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
How it started / how it's going @rickycruz.bsky.social
Made my @bloomberg.com Businessweek magazine debut with a stock-flavored word puzzle! Catch it on the last page of the June issue
May 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Made my @bloomberg.com Businessweek magazine debut with a stock-flavored word puzzle! Catch it on the last page of the June issue
The owner of In-N-Out LYNSI SNYDER has the crazy palindrome YNSISNY hidden in her name
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The owner of In-N-Out LYNSI SNYDER has the crazy palindrome YNSISNY hidden in her name
Went into #ACPT2025 with the sole goal of finishing all the puzzles error-free, so in that sense I won. Placed 3rd alphabetically (my worst yet) and 36th by score (my best yet). So proud to witness @gppasco.bsky.social pull off the back-to-back championship!
April 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Went into #ACPT2025 with the sole goal of finishing all the puzzles error-free, so in that sense I won. Placed 3rd alphabetically (my worst yet) and 36th by score (my best yet). So proud to witness @gppasco.bsky.social pull off the back-to-back championship!
My new @newyorker.com crossword answers the age-old question: what if crossword, but for nerds?
www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
April 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My new @newyorker.com crossword answers the age-old question: what if crossword, but for nerds?
www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Total appearances of secondary intercardinal direction entries in the New York Times crossword
March 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Total appearances of secondary intercardinal direction entries in the New York Times crossword
I realized there wasn't a great website for making custom text-based emoji for Slack or Discord, so I cooked one up last night
Here's Emoter: aaronson.org/emoter/
Here's Emoter: aaronson.org/emoter/
March 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I realized there wasn't a great website for making custom text-based emoji for Slack or Discord, so I cooked one up last night
Here's Emoter: aaronson.org/emoter/
Here's Emoter: aaronson.org/emoter/