Post #1691513
2026-01-31 12:27 UTC
@shafik the few times I've looked up references on Wikipedia, the experience was similar and I don't think this was related to LLMs having written the thing I wanted to learn more about but turned out to not be mentioned at all in the alleged source
A comparative study might be better than a blanket "it's frequently wrong". Of course I expect LLMs to perform worse than humans but the context would be helpful to put the numbers into perspective
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@shafik@hachyderm.io 2026-01-31 18:23
@luc I have never had this experience and use Wikipedia extensively for digging into science, math, history, economics etc Outside of history these are mostly subject I have studied extensively and was looking into areas I was not familiar with but knowledgeable enough to know problems if I saw them. So please provide examples and please provide these to the Wikipedians as well so they have something to sink their teeth into.