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1. Discou+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-02-09 06:50:16
The difference between ChatGPT and Wikipedia is that Wikipedia actually cites its sources.

Also ChatGPT is only knowledgeable about general things, but even there it makes errors. It's basically a very complex scraping algorithm, the more interesting part is the language generation; even then this stuff seems at least unethical if not illegal since it's using other people's work/research without citation.

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2. zirgs+gd[view] [source] 2023-02-09 08:59:17
>>Discou+(OP)
In many cases Wikipedia's source links are dead. And nobody bothers to update them. Or they cite some random book that I have no way to get and read myself.

Who checks if that book actually exists and is not made up? Especially if it's not a highly politically charged topic.

And then there are circular citations. Someone posts unverified/false info on wikipedia. Then it gets cited by some blog or other media that wikipedia considers trustworthy. And that then gets added to wikipedia as a reliable source.

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3. Discou+QQ1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-09 17:31:47
>>zirgs+gd
Well at least on Wikipedia you can check those things.
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