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Environment & Energy

cachukis

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3. A worry of mine:

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2025, 08:06 AM

May 29

I do a lot of searching. In the recent past, Wikipedia jumped up first as a response. Always found it suspect. It has improved, but I have lingering doubts and seek out primary sources farther down the page.
Now AI has grabbed the top spot. I peruse but still seek out better sourced info.
My worry is for the myriad searchers, so surface oriented, relying on LLM filled with loose bias in the internets.
The number of deep divers is shrinking.

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