Re:Academics have a duty to defend open knowledge systems li...
by Wikipedianon on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @07:03PM
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Wikipedia is existentially threatened by AI, which does the same thing but better.
> most users of AI products do not click the links to Wikipedia, choosing instead to accept machine-generated outputs without further verification. If this practice continues, readership on Wikipedia will continue to decline.
This is the same mechanism by which Wikipedia drained readers from news outlets and academic papers that it cites for information.
I play the tiniest violin in the world for Wikipedia editors that now suffer from the same thing they did to the news media.
> most users of AI products do not click the links to Wikipedia, choosing instead to accept machine-generated outputs without further verification. If this practice continues, readership on Wikipedia will continue to decline.
This is the same mechanism by which Wikipedia drained readers from news outlets and academic papers that it cites for information.
I play the tiniest violin in the world for Wikipedia editors that now suffer from the same thing they did to the news media.