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The invention of nukes caused a similar problem. Scientists had to harvest metal from pre-ww2 sunken battleships, since that’s the only metal not contaminated w
by sillysaurusx 3y ago
The invention of nukes caused a similar problem. Scientists had to harvest metal from pre-ww2 sunken battleships, since that’s the only metal not contaminated with some measurable amount of radiation. I forget the details, but it’s very likely pre-chatgpt training data will be prioritized, with exceptions for news and current events (which largely doesn’t matter whether it’s AI generated anyway).
- TZubiri 3y agoAlso happens with wikipedia. Later edits with web references are much more prone to citogenesis, while an early edit with a web reference is probably clear, even if the link is dead. Even printed references can be based on wikipedia now
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- CharlesW 3y ago> …citogenesis… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#Circular_reporting_on_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#Circular_re...
- imtringued 3y agoMissed opportunity to have the article apply to itself. E.g. someone writes a made up citogenesis article on Wikipedia before the xkcd comic was drawn.
- cwillu 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel Note also: “Since the end of atmospheric nuclear testing, background radiation has decreased to very near natural levels,[3] making special low-background steel no longer necessary for most radiation-sensitive applications, as brand-new steel now has a low enough radioactive signature that it can generally be used in such applications.”
- BoxOfRain 3y agoApparently a lot of it comes from what remains of the German fleet that scuttled itself at Scapa Flow rather than be divided among the allies. Most of the ships were salvaged between the world wars but some remain.