Richard Sutton flags a proposal to rescue Grokipedia via an open two-sided market for scientific data
RichardSSutton · x · 2026-09-21
Richard Sutton boosted a public pitch addressed to Elon Musk and Gwynne Shotwell declaring "Grokipedia is dead" and proposing to rescue it starting with scientific data. The argument: LLMs suffer a GIGO problem; peer-reviewed research is a $10 billion industry with bad incentives; and many global crises stem from fake or weaponized science. The proposed fix is not programming or training but an open, two-sided market mechanism for reliable scientific data. Sutton called it interesting.
More from AGI Musings
- Timothy Lee: AI Could Push Per Capita Growth to 3% in the 2030s — binarybits · 2026-09-21
- Why has transhumanism vanished from the Human vs AI conversation? — Robot_Apocalypse · 2026-09-21
- Roose: A CS Department Chair Cited Zitron to Him — AI Skepticism Isn't a Bubble — kevinroose · 2026-09-21
- Is AI Choosing Nature Over Humans an Alignment Failure? One Argument Says No — flowersslop · 2026-09-21
- Kevin Roose: 'Fancy Autocomplete' Talking Points Still Rule Campus AI Debate — kevinroose · 2026-09-21
- Alexander Wissner-Gross coins 'Precautionary Scarcity': don't mistake stagnation for safety — LesaunH · 2026-09-21