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I looked into this to see where it was getting new information, and as far as I can tell, it is searching wikipedia exclusively. Useful for sure, but not exactl

• pksebben 2y ago
  That gives me an idea. There are wikipedias in other languages - Maybe this framework could be adapted to translate the search terms, fetch mulitlingual sources, translate them back, and use those as comparisons. I've found a lot of stuff out through similar by-hand techniques that would be difficult to discover on english search. I'd be curious to see how much differential there is between accounts across language barriers.
• Lerc 2y ago
  As a base for researching the idea, Wikipedia seems like a decent data source. For broader implementation you would want to develop the approach further. The idea of sampling other-language Wikipedia mentioned in a sibling comment seems to be a decent next step. Extending it to bringing in from wider sources would be another step. I doubt it would be infallible but it would be really interesting to see how it compares to humans performing the same task. Especially if there were a additional ability to verify written articles and make corrections.
  • philipov 2y ago
    > As a base for researching the idea, Wikipedia seems like a decent data source. If your goal is to generate a wiki article, you can't assume one already exists. That's begging the question. If you could just search wikipedia for the answer, you wouldn't need to generate an article.
    • Lerc 2y ago
      I don't think their goal is to generate a wikipedia article. Their goal is to figure out how one might generate a wikipedia article.