• PeterisBacon@lemm.ee
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      10 days ago

      Idk it says Elon Musk is a co-founder of openAi on wikipedia. I haven’t found any evidence to suggest he had anything to do with it. Not very accurate reporting.

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          9 days ago

          Paywalled link, but yes, someone pointed that out and I was surprised that there is such a small pool of info about it. You’d think wiki would elaborate more on it, or that OpenAi wiki might detail it. BUT, I haven’t read either in their entirety. Just something I saw that wasn’t detailed too well.

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        9 days ago

        Isn’t co-founder similar to being made partner at a firm? You can kind of buy your way in, even if you weren’t one of the real originals.

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          8 days ago

          That is definitely how I view it. I’m always open to being shown I am wrong, with sufficient evidence, but on this, I believe you are accurate on this.

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      10 days ago

      With all due respect, Wikipedia’s accuracy is incredibly variable. Some articles might be better than others, but a huge number of them (large enough to shatter confidence in the platform as a whole) contain factual errors and undisguised editorial biases.

      • It is likely that articles on past social events or individuals will have some bias, as is the case with most articles on those matters.

        But, almost all articles on aspects of science are thoroughly peer reviewed and cited with sources. This alone makes Wikipedia invaluable as a source of knowledge.