It’s so funny that the generation of people who told me CONSTANTLY in school that Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source are now among many of the same people who believe anything they read online and share AI generated slop. I’d trust Wikipedia more than anything to come from AI any day, it has SOURCES!
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
It’s so funny that the generation of people who told me CONSTANTLY in school that Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source are now among many of the same people who believe anything they read online and share AI generated slop. I’d trust Wikipedia more than anything to come from AI any day, it has SOURCES!
This, to me, has always been a core part of the existential threat of AI, which is not being able to prove what’s AI and what’s not, especially not at the speed that people consume media. The idea that people will become more skeptical of media as a result seems… impossible
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This, to me, has always been a core part of the existential threat of AI, which is not being able to prove what’s AI and what’s not, especially not at the speed that people consume media. The idea that people will become more skeptical of media as a result seems… impossible