Wikipedia says it will use AI, but not to replace human volunteers

Wikipedia on Wednesday discovered his new AI strategy Next three years – and this is not replaced by Wikipedia community of editors and volunteers with artificial intelligence, fortunately.

Instead, Wikipedia says they will use AI to build new features that “remove technical obstacles”, allowing the tools of editors, moderator and patrols that allow them to accomplish what they need to do without worrying about how to “technically”.

In the midst of concern that AI could eventually influence the jobs held by people today, especially in terms of content creation, Wikipedia indicates that he intends to use AI as a tool that makes it easier for people, not replace them.

Instead, the organization says it will use generative AI in certain areas where it tends to be excellent.

This includes the creation of work flows that support AI that will automate the tedious tasks. In addition, the AI ​​will be used to improve the detection of information on Wikipedia, giving editors more time for a human discussion that is required to build a consensus on creation, changes and updating on entry in Wikipedia.

AI will also help the editors of translation automation and will help the new volunteers process.

“We believe that our future work with AI will be successful not only because of what we do, but also how we do it,” writes Chris Albon, director of machine learning at Wikimedia Foundation, In the post on the announcement of the news.

“Our efforts will use our long-term values, principles and policies (such as privacy and human rights) as a compass: we will approach the approach to a man and prioritize the priority to the Human Agency; we will prioritize the priority of the AI ​​of Open Sourk or open weight; we will prioritize transparency; AbiCizamentic presentation, abikizamental approach.

The director also argued that the maintenance of the knowledge of the Wikipedia mission, which is grown, is in importance of increasing the generative AI, which is known today that sometimes it makes mistakes and hallucinating answers.