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Tim Bray on Grokipedia

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tptacek ◴[] No.45777117[source]
Why give it oxygen?
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bebb ◴[] No.45777411[source]
Because it's a genuinely good idea, and hopefully one for which the execution will be improved upon over time.

In theory, using LLMs to summarize knowledge could produce a less biased and more comprehensive output than human-written encyclopedias.

Whether Grokipedia will meet that challenge remains to be seen. But even if it doesn't, there's opportunity for other prospective encyclopedia generators to do so.

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1. quantified ◴[] No.45777827[source]
Summarizing all the knowledge is very very far from summarizing all that is written. All it takes is including everything published. The earth must be flat. Disease is caused by bad morals. Etc etc.