RAG is very good and accurate these days that doesn’t invent stuff.
In the OP I linked a comment showing how the summary presented in the showcase video is not actually very accurate and it definitely does invent some elements that are not present in the article that is being summarised.
And in general the “accessibility” that primarily seems to work by expressing things in imprecise, unscientific or emotionally charged terms could well be more harmful than less immediately accessible but accurate and unambiguous content. You appeal to Wikipedia being “a project that is all about sharing information with people to whom information is least accessible”, but I don’t think this ever was that much of a goal - otherwise the editors would have always worked harder on keeping the articles easily accessible and readable (in fact I’d say traditional encyclopedias are typically superior to Wikipedia with regards to accessibility in the sense of being comprehensible to laymen).
and would save millions of editor hours and allow more accuracy and complexity in the articles themselves.
Sorry but you’re making things up here, not even the developers of the summaries are promising such massive consequences. The summaries weren’t meant to replace any of the usual editing work, they weren’t meant to replace the normal introductory paragraphs or anything else. How would they save these supposed “millions of editor hours” then? In fact, they themselves would have to be managed by the editors as well, so all I see is a bit of additional work.
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I don’t trust even the best modern commercial models to do this right, but with human oversight it could be valuable.
You’re right about it being a lost fight, in some ways at least. There are lawsuits in flight that could undermine it. How far that will go remains to be seen. Pissing and moaning about it won’t accelerate the progress of those lawsuits, and is mainly an empty recreational activity.