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Artificial intelligence could make our lives better, according to Wikipedia's founder, but it's still far from being a...

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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales warns that current generative AI models are prone to making 'plausible mistakes,' making them unreliable for factual accuracy without human oversight. The critique emphasizes the epistemic risks posed by hallucination and the potential for large language models to degrade the quality of public information. While acknowledging AI's utility as a research tool, Wales highlights the necessity of human-in-the-loop systems to mitigate the spread of sophisticated misinformation. This perspective contributes to global AI governance discussions regarding the deployment of frontier models in information ecosystems and the risks of automated content generation.

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