• MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    When I was in school we were told wikipedia was not a reliable source even though it’s heavily controlled and moderated.

    Now we have people asking tardbots about any- and everything and regurgitate the answer as if it were gospel.

    Where the hell did we go wrong?

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
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      1 day ago

      By spending more on the military and the police than we do on education, science, and journalism.

      Wikipedia still isn’t a reliable source. It is a compendium of reliable sources that one can use to get an overview of a subject. This is also what these chatbots should be, but they rarely cite their sources and most people don’t bother to verify anyway.

    • Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      By allowing right wing politicians to do what they do practically unchallenged for decades.