Hi everyone. I have seen some of the reactions to the narratives generated by Chat GPT.
There is an obvious question (to me at least) as to whether a Wikipedia chat bot would be
a legitimate UI for some users. To that end, I would have hoped that it would have been
developed by the WMF but the Foundation has historically massively underinvested in AI.
That said, and assuming that GPT Open source licensing is compatible with the movement
norms, should the WMF include that UI in the product?
My other question is around the corpus that Open AI is using to train the bot. It is
creating very fluid narratives that are massively false in many cases. Are they training
on Wikipedia? Something else?
And to my earlier question, if GPT were to be trained on Wikipedia exclusively would that
help abate the false narratives?
This is a significant matter for the community and seeing us step to it would be very
encouraging.
Best regards,
Victoria Coleman