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The irony of posting a Wikipedia source in the same comment. Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but when I was in school Wiki sources were forbidden acro
by scrapcode 3y ago
The irony of posting a Wikipedia source in the same comment.
Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but when I was in school Wiki sources were forbidden across the board.
- ElasticBottle 3y agofair enough though, and ya, we were never allowed to cite wiki sources either. I'll make a note for future docs to be more serious
- scrapcode 3y agoI apologize if that came off rude - I did not mean it that way. I honestly was not sure if Wiki sources were still "forbidden" in school, that was a while ago for me.
- palata 3y agoWhen I was in school as well. Though other encyclopedias were considered fine. Wikipedia was just new back then. However, I see a big difference. First, Wikipedia generally lists its sources (LLMs don't, or not always, or just completely invent references). And then if I give Wikipedia as a source, first I chose that it was good enough in this case (I am not doing a PhD in the history of email), and I assume that you can think critically about the fact that it comes from Wikipedia (probably you will agree that it is good enough in this case). Referencing an LLM is the exact equivalent to saying "a friend who I know routinely tells me complete bullshit told me this". I honestly don't see how this can get better than e.g. Wikipedia. Well at least before LLMs are used to populate Wikipedia and destroy it, I mean.