Comment on Wikipedia editors adopt a policy giving admins the authority to quickly delete AI-generated articles that meet certain criteria, like incorrect citations

• pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How would you determine that a cited source was wrong?

  Subject matter experts do still exist. They’re dying off, and it’s unclear how many more we intend to create. But we do still have some.

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  • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can’t be a subject matter expert on everything though?

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• crash_thepose@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll click on them and then read them.

  Here are two pages I’ve gone through a lot I can verify have correct citations in them. In fact, one of the citations in one of these is my research! which I know for certain was cited correctly.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

  …m.wikipedia.org/…/Free_and_open-source_software

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  • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll click on them and then read them.

    And how will that allow you to know if they’re right or not?

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    • pfizer_dose@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Post-truther detected.

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      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Post truther is when you don’t believe that people have the magic ability to determine if something is true by pure gut feeling.

        All the liberal-fascists here whine about misinformation and post-truth, and then through a fucking fit that anyone suggest that they actually be serious about that.

        You people don’t want to combat misinformation, you want the misinformation you already believe to go unquestioned.

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    • crash_thepose@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then I read them and use my critical thinking skills. For research I put trust in peer review articles by reputable journals.

      But regardless,

      Isn’t that a broader question as to what we consider truth and not something specific to wikipedia ?

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      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How are you able to determine matters of fact by pure critical thinking? Are you really claiming that you are immune to lies?

        For research I put trust in peer review articles by reputable journals.

        Great! I wish Wikipedia was held to that standard, rather than regularly using tabloids, think tanks, and literal propaganda outlets.

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