Editors using the visual editor will now see a warning when they paste text that is likely to have initially been copied from one of five external generative AI chatbots into Wikipedia. This feature is known as LLM Paste Check. It is a type of Edit Check that is community configurable. The check looks for markers in the copied HTML and is not using content watermark detection. Edits will also be tagged so that patrollers can review them more closely. The feature helps newcomers add content that respects Wikipedia’s policies and makes it easier for experienced editors to identify problematic edits. Communities with local policies about LLM usage can adjust the wording and policy that is linked. The team apologizes that this was rolled out without a delay for translations.
It will ‘write articles’ just fine. Trouble is, it will write inaccurate articles and simply make up facts and citations whenever it’s missing any.
I’d hate to be the wikipedia editor who has to come in after that and clean all that up, fact-checking each claim, checking to make sure all the references actually exist and actually say what the text claims they say. It would be super-tedious.
My point was more of, what other site could find a more useful purpose for AI writing on earth? We’re being told, and have been told that AI can do all these things, right? But not even Wikipedia can realistically find a good use for it in the one thing AI is supposed to have ‘mastered’. It just made me reflect.
It’s great for generating fake product reviews!
Oh, and fake engagement for social media. Fantastic for that.
Bullshit content nobody needs, and crappy translation!