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Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by TheRoque on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @09:48PM (#45664066)
They try to work hard and get rid of bias through various methods: peer reviews, precise methodology (randomization, blind tests etc.). And of course, even those sciences are not perfect, subject to biases, and evolve. This applies only to a subset of fields, in a lot of fields you either don't have the time to remove biases this way or it's impossible because it's inherently subjective. Besides, if you needed unbiased perfect opinions before taking any decision, the world would be stuck and slow.
Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by adastra22 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:22AM (#45665844)
I think we have a fundamental disagreement here. There is no bias in the statement "2 + 2 = 4". Nor is there bias in stating that "any two masses experience an attraction force proportional to the masses and inverse-square proportional to the distance separating them." Not less bias -- no bias.
Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by imtringued on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @04:20AM (#45666214)
There is a pretty strong bias in the statement "2 + 2 = 4" because math doesn't care about the encoding used to describe a sum. For example, in an alternative society the expression could be written with flipped number symbols, right to left or in a vertical layout. Axioms are also a form of bias.
Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by adastra22 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @12:27PM (#45671566)
Definitely disagree.
Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by int_19h on Thursday October 23, 2025 @12:12AM (#45678100)
Axioms would only be a form of bias if they were taken at random. It's not biased to take the axiom that repeatedly holds true in empiric testing, over others that do not.
Re:Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summar... by adastra22 on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:49PM (#45756240)
Well, it is a bias. It’s a bias towards truth :)