Correction (10/11/24): Lebleu reached out to clarify a few detailed regarding the motivations behing the user posting AI-generated materiel and the examples mentioned. These changes were applied...

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  • Foni@lemm.eeEnglish
    103·
    2 months ago

    How much of an idiot do you have to be to attack Wikipedia?

    • uienia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      661·
      2 months ago

      I think Hanlons razor is in desperate need of an update, since its premise seems to be based entirely on naivity. These days everything happening on the internet seems more like: “Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice”.

    • OwlPaste@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Could also be state sponsored actors making alot of noise/work to get their more damagong edits through

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      173·
      2 months ago

      How can we still be surprised by this? We see republicans routinely making a sport out of who can bomb and take a shit on the helpful parts of society every day.

      There is no bottom.

      I mean, you’re right. No disagreement. This is just what 20% of people do, and a different 40% think that you’re the real asshole if you try to stop them or even just point out it’s bad.

      • dependencyinjectionEnglish
        131·
        2 months ago

        They didn’t attribute it to malice. They said idiot, which is pretty synonymous with stupidity.

    • DrDickHandler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      2 months ago

      It’s not about being an idiot. You just don’t seem to have the mental capabilities to get the whole picture.