Dear Anders, Thank you for your interesting question - we have been wondering for some time what AI will mean for the future of the (entire) Wikimedia movement. Whether your observation is correct is also something I can only speculate about. Possibly such a growth is rather a sign of transition. Many people are still skeptical about AI. They then look it up on Wikipedia to be on the safe side.
But which scenario will prevail? a) AI-friendly: People will get used to AI very quickly. Of course, people will affirm that they will always check all AI results. But practically, no one will do that any more soon. And accordingly, people will no longer look things up in Wikipedia itself. With all the negative consequences for us. b) AI-skeptical: Perhaps, after some scandals, people will not trust AI. Then the backwardness of Wikipedia becomes a benefit. Then we can proudly say, "Wikipedia is AI free!" And readers will appreciate it. My fear is that the first scenario is more likely to come to pass. I think the trend is that you speak a question into your smartphone. Then you get a short, correct and understandable answer from an AI. Will Wikipedia be able to do the same thing? Best regards, Ziko Am Mo., 15. Mai 2023 um 11:24 Uhr schrieb Anders Wennersten <[email protected]>: > > The number of accesses to the Wikipedias of de, nl and sw all show a > small increase in March and April compared with 2022 after a half big > decrease in January and February. Could this be related to the broad > introduction and use of ChatGPT at the same time period? > > ChatGPT gives an excellent answer, with no use of Wikipedia, to the > question: "Who is the oldest person who has received the Nobel Prize in > chemistry?" but will the effect be that the person who put in that > question, access Wikipedia to read of him? And you get a very nice > answer from ChatGPT if you directly after the question above puts > "Include a link to Wikipedia" > > Could my speculation be correct, that ChatGPT will become an important > tool to help us reach our mission, by improving the way to find > information in our projects? > > Anders > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/SL2NY6OJ5MOPGC4ETBAXGEQ35O7AZSSR/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/UFPACR56KSSQQO2RMJ2B3SQYQ3LFD6SU/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
