The Economist: Wikipedia will be the last great encyclopedia written entirely by humans
iamaliveix · x · 2026-10-31
The Economist argues Wikipedia will remain the largest encyclopedia ever written by humans—and likely hold that title forever, since any future rival is sure to be built with the help of AI. The post is a retweet of The Economist's piece, with an illustration by Carl Godfrey.
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