About whether AI chatbots trained on Wikipedia have made Wikipedia less relevant.
Has this happened?
Yes 33 (24%)Not sure 35 (25%)No 72 (51%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI chatbots trained on Wikipedia have made Wikipedia less relevant.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Despite having consumed all of Wikipedia, it still can't accurately answer many questions so I don't think it's relevance or value has waned. AI has not got anywhere near becoming an encyclopedia and it never will whilst it can't say I don't know something (which Wikipedia can do) and filter the fact from the fiction, which Wikipedia does uses volunteers.