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Looks like AI may be sucking the blood out of Wikipedia
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:27 pm
The foundation says they've seen a precipitous drop in human visitors since Google and Microsoft built their AI engines into search pages.
I’d miss the technical references to ships and aircraft that I use, but frankly, for everything else, I wont be sad to see it crumble. Editors there are as bad as Reddit.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it’s seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking through to the site.
I’d miss the technical references to ships and aircraft that I use, but frankly, for everything else, I wont be sad to see it crumble. Editors there are as bad as Reddit.
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Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:31 pm to DesScorp
Someone built a better mousetrap. That's how advancement (however you view AI) goes.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:31 pm to DesScorp
Ask them if they'd like to donate to me
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:34 pm to DesScorp
AI doesn't pull THIS when I'm trying to learn something...
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:35 pm to fr33manator
Just $2.75?
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:37 pm to DesScorp
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:40 pm to DesScorp
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Editors there are as bad as Reddit.
read some drama amongst wiki editors and they are worse than reddit mods so i don't feel bad for them
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:42 pm to DesScorp
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The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it’s seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking through to the site.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:44 pm to Prominentwon
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Just $2.75?
I know right? I think about half of 6 or 7 would do the trick.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:45 pm to DesScorp
I’ve learned a lot of shite going down Wikipedia rabbit holes in my day
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:03 pm to DesScorp
Those AI engines are just skimming Wikipedia content for their answers. Which could in turn kill Wikipedia. I’m sure these companies have already backed up all of Wikipedia for source material, but it’s pretty ironic that the leeches will kill their host.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:39 pm to DesScorp
Wikipedia is the definition of GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out.) I skip over Wikipedia sourced information 100% of the time unless I have no other choice.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:43 pm to DesScorp
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Wikipedia
Begs for money but then turns around and donates it to a certain political party.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:45 pm to DesScorp
That's because WP doesn't reflect compiled knowledge. It reflects the bias of the individuals who obtained power.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:48 pm to Pax Regis
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Those AI engines are just skimming Wikipedia content for their answers. Which could in turn kill Wikipedia. I’m sure these companies have already backed up all of Wikipedia for source material, but it’s pretty ironic that the leeches will kill their host.
That is why news websites and other digital archives need to be archived. Because what happens once Newspapers that were printed are now totally online and no longer in print or websites go offline when a paper is shuttered.
Now over 20 years of content is cataloged on most newspapers websites. Some are older through other databases hosting older content from before the digital age for a fee like newspapers.com.
What happens when AI no longer finds those sources it once had because a website it referenced is no longer online.
Will AI start referencing itself?
It will remind me of the MadTV skit on VH1's I Love the decade series.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:50 pm to DesScorp
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Editors there are as bad as Reddit.
Yep. Just look at Trump's page. Nothing on there is objective.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 2:20 pm to DesScorp
I hate wikipedia but AI is going to kill most of the internet that needs traffic to survive. We'll have personal webpages and boards like Tigersdroppings in the future and a bunch of AI crap.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 3:06 pm to DesScorp
I donated years ago because I believed in the idea — free knowledge for everyone.
But take a look at where the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia) is spending your donations now. According to their 2023–2024 financial plan, out of roughly $177 million in total expenses, they’re allocating:
$31.2 million to “Equity”
$20.5 million to “Safety & Inclusion”
That’s over $50 million — nearly one-third of their entire operating budget — going not to servers, not to improving article quality, not to supporting editors… but to internal social programs and so-called “equity” initiatives.
If they want to behave like a political NGO, fine — but they shouldn’t expect the public to keep funding it like a neutral encyclopedia.
You can’t spend $50 million a year on ideology and still claim to represent everyone. They can frick right off into obscurity. They've made their choice.
But take a look at where the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia) is spending your donations now. According to their 2023–2024 financial plan, out of roughly $177 million in total expenses, they’re allocating:
$31.2 million to “Equity”
$20.5 million to “Safety & Inclusion”
That’s over $50 million — nearly one-third of their entire operating budget — going not to servers, not to improving article quality, not to supporting editors… but to internal social programs and so-called “equity” initiatives.
If they want to behave like a political NGO, fine — but they shouldn’t expect the public to keep funding it like a neutral encyclopedia.
You can’t spend $50 million a year on ideology and still claim to represent everyone. They can frick right off into obscurity. They've made their choice.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 4:29 pm to SallysHuman
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AI doesn't pull THIS when I'm trying to learn something...
It's better to read something pulled together from reddit posts and headlines than it is to take a half second to scroll past a donation ad?
I'd be more interested in the "advancement" of AI if it didn't so consistently feed me absolute garbage. I like that the Google AI source links often don't actually link to anywhere.
Posted on 10/17/25 at 4:31 pm to Jay Are
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It's better to read something pulled together from reddit posts and headlines than it is to take a half second to scroll past a donation ad?
Wiki is known for being pretty left leaning... that alone makes it a lesser source. Were it factual and unbiased, that'd be different.
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