Simple Wikiclaudia: Chrome extension that finds a simple.wikipedia.org version of any wiki article. If one exists, click to open it; otherwise, it uses Claude or ChatGPT to simplify it.

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• Olap@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thanks, I hate it

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  • Pro@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why?

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    • Olap@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because AI sucks at basically all tasks. And if I wanted the simple article I’d have visited the simple article. What you have done is denied entry to one of the most valuable resources ever created: wikipedia

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    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s AI.

      People really despise AI over here. No matter the context.

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    • dgriffith@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Why?

      Because people should be looking to expand their knowledge by getting into the details. By handwaving those details away with an AI summary that may or may not actually summarise the article correctly, people lose the opportunity to learn.

      If your attention span or cognitive capacity can’t get you through a basic Wikipedia article you need to work on that, for your own betterment.

      If you’re reading an article and you’re lost in the weeds you should be taking a step back to simpler concepts in Wikipedia (or elsewhere) first. Don’t trust a LLM to make a coherent summary about a topic you can’t understand, because you won’t be able to tell if it’s feeding you bullshit.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because reading comprehension in lazy browsing mode on lemmy, missing the accessibility part.

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    • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      On something like wikipedia I only want words that are written by humans, vouched for by individuals who are accountable for what they write.

      If I want AI generated content I’ll go to an AI site.

      Humans are good at writing. We literally invented it and we’re experts. I’ll stop using wikipedia if they turn into a slop heap.

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• tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gross. Many of the technical articles on wiki are labors of love by talented people who do a great job breaking down complex concepts into fairly understandable terms.

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• a_person@lemdro.id ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If i have to rely on ai to read fucking wikipedia of all things then shoot me

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Maybe you have no real need for simple text then? Nice for you and me.

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    • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nobody’s complaining about the simple.wikipedia part, but you already know that.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, at that point why bother with wikipedia anyway? If we’re just using AI then we’re just using AI (but I don’t want to just use AI ffs)

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• sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’d rather be waterboarded

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  this just seems like a way for anthropic to get around blocks on scraping wikipedia content :/

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A lot on here raging against the AI part while missing the simple.wikipedia part.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think anyone would be upset if the extension would just redirect to simple wiki.

    But it’s a bit like having some a bit of poop on your dinner plate. It still ruins the entire thing.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They’re not missing that part. Nobody’s “raging” against simple.wikipedia

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