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  1. Sometimes when you want to edit a wikipage you KNOW you're going in to a battle zone.
    I have some good core sources that say for example that the organization CFAR is "cult like" that I want to add to the wiki page.
    Issue is, that CFAR is a rationalist SF-based group with a lot of relevant tech folks tied to it who might edit the wikipage and I don't really have the energy to deal with their level of commitment to their own cause.

    But here goes...

    #wikipedia25years

  2. Wikipedia at 25 is more than happy with AI.

    Lane Becker, president of Wikimedia Enterprise: "...all our Big Tech partners really see the need for them to commit to sustaining Wikipedia’s work."

    Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told The Associated Press that he welcomes AI models training on Wikipedia data. "I'm very happy personally that AI models are training on Wikipedia data because it's human curated"

    arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/wik

    #wikipedia #wikipedia25 #wikipedia25years #ai #deal #capitalism