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Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

After they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations.

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After they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations.

Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I didn’t even think of that 🤦

    I’ve been online for too long

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      Back in my day you had to buy Wikipedia. It came in like 20 massive volumes that ate up a shelf or two.

      Thinking about it… I wonder what my parents did with our copies…

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        I doubt Britanica has a page dedicated to Limp Bizkit.

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        The encyclopedia even came on CD for a while. It was called Encarta. But I loved my parent’s World Book Encyclopedia much more.

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        And that encyclopedia is online too.

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          And looking up specific species, animals, conditions

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        Still have em! They’ll be the last source of actual knowledge once the AI slop destroys us.

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