Strange7 comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strange7 22 May 2012 11:49:34PM -1 points [-]

Why would the AI be mucking around on Wikipedia to sort truth from falsehood, when Wikipedia itself has been criticized for various errors and is fundamentally vulnerable to vandalism? Primary sources are where it's at. Looking through the text of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, it's presented as a historical account, translated by a respected professor, with extensive footnotes. There's a lot of cultural context necessary to tell the difference.