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Wikipedia has a new initiative called WikiProject AI Cleanup. It is a task force of volunteers currently combing through Wikipedia articles, editing or removing false information that appears to have been posted by people using generative AI.

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[–] Foni@lemm.ee 103 points 1 month ago (6 children)

How much of an idiot do you have to be to attack Wikipedia?

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think Hanlons razor is in desperate need of an update, since its premise seems to be based entirely on naivity. These days everything happening on the internet seems more like: "Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice".

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

So much malice.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

So ~~right~~ correct.

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Could also be state sponsored actors making alot of noise/work to get their more damagong edits through

[–] Bisexual_Cookie@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

same amount as the people attacking the internet archive

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

How can we still be surprised by this? We see republicans routinely making a sport out of who can bomb and take a shit on the helpful parts of society every day.

There is no bottom.

I mean, you're right. No disagreement. This is just what 20% of people do, and a different 40% think that you're the real asshole if you try to stop them or even just point out it's bad.