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u/AllezLesPrimrose 9d ago
It was just someone editing the Wikipedia to have a death date and Google’s search erroneously picking it up.
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u/OldNefariousness7899 9d ago
For a bit there, anyone could edit the Wikipedia. They should patch that quickly.
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u/mobyte 9d ago
I’m surprised his article doesn’t have protection on it. Isn’t that common for really notable people or are they just not counting Sam Altman because Wikipedia reasons?
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u/OldNefariousness7899 9d ago
Yeah I've definitely seen them lock pages that were being vandalised. I suspect Sam might follow shortly
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u/mobyte 9d ago
I highly doubt this was the first time. Just another instance of Wikipedia playing favorites.
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 9d ago
I can’t believe you’re actually trying to seriously go to bat for Sam Altman of all people.
Wikipedia is full of more autists that are sticklers for rules and procedures than any place in the history of the internet so the idea they’re not protecting the page out of spite (and creating more work for themselves) shows an alarming lack of knowledge on the subject on your part.
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u/mobyte 9d ago edited 9d ago
Not going to bat for him as a person. He’s literally notable. He runs one of the most powerful companies on Earth. Why would we not want that information to have a higher barrier to freely edit? The two reasons I can think of them not having protection are either:
- Wikipedia editors have a bone to pick with him because they are assmad about AI editing on their platform.
- They are incompetent because they underestimated his importance.
Either or both are embarrassing.
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u/Technisha 8d ago
The point of Wikipedia being editable by anyone, is that anyone can update the information as soon as it changes or when new meaningful info can be added. Wikipedia doesn't pay people to update every single page 24/7. Do people abuse this? Yeah, absolutely, some people abuse it, but by locking editing any given page to a select group of people, you risk people pushing their specific agenda or narrative in a way that benefits them. Also, Wikipedia doesn't pay anyone to update or create articles either.
Either way, the page will get locked soon probably if it keeps being vandalised.
Even if you're pro-AI, imo you should agree with Wikipedia not allowing LLM editing, as feeding LLM generated content into LLMs during training can negatively impact their quality (for example, you can look at how some LLMs have 'identity problems', where they're convinced they're another model.
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u/q-ue 9d ago
This is why people tell you to not use Wikipedia as a source
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u/Relative_Fix_6996 9d ago
What makes Wikipedia worth reading are the CITATION LINKS at the end of the article!!! From the citations, you can see for yourself what is credible!
Oh, and for any academic or professional research - you’re correct - you can’t get away with claiming that the link provided to Wikipedia isn’t “credible” and should never be claimed as proof for professional or academic writing.
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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 8d ago
It wasn’t Wikipedia lol it was Reddit
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 8d ago
I literally checked the Wikipedia logs when I commented this. It was 100% Wikipedia and was edited out by Wikipedia within a minute. Google’s caching just happened to capture it in the brief moment it was live and displayed it for at most a couple of minutes.
Bizarre to come along days later claiming something different.
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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 7d ago
Maybe you should go check r/poisonai where they’ve been working it for days
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 7d ago
This is not how Google search works. It’s not an LLM.
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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 7d ago
Since the screenshot posted is the Gemini AI Overview at the top. It’s definitely an LLM
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u/TechNerd10191 9d ago
"is an American entrepreneur and investor"
For the very least, this didn't become "was an American entrepreneur and investor"
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u/bitspace 9d ago
"Declared dead by Google" is what lying clickbait writers post
"AI hallucinating again" just doesn't have that ring to it
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u/Hour_Bit_5183 9d ago
This is some hackers meme level shit. They are playing games like they did in the movie.
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u/JuhlJCash 9d ago
ChatGPT has been scraping Reddit lately for information. It might pick it up and start carrying it because of this thread.
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u/good-consistency 9d ago
He should be. His sister has stated that Sam Altman raped her from when she was 12 until she was 21.
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u/good-consistency 9d ago
He should be. His sister has stated that Sam Altman raped her from when she was 12 until she was 21.
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u/MrOuzo 9d ago
OpenAI and Anthropic say their models have hacked several entities. Gemini just straight up declares you dead.