Worth reading article about the possible effect of (AI) bots on Wikipedia: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.24975 /via @wikiresearch@mastodon.social — In summary, as more LLM (chat)bots are being used instead of reading the Wikipedia, potential and existing editors may be less prone to contributing on it since less value is assigned to that public resource.

Summing up with the fact that editing bots could discourage editor contribution, this could lead to a stagnation of the platform (fewer and less trustable updates).

NOTE: since LLMs are fed with Wikipedia content, they could also end up being affected.

As a last remark, the article speculates how to counteract this decay with editor incentives on public knowledge platforms such as Wikipedia. They suggest exploring micromonetization.

Personal remark: could improving the perceived social capital of contributors (e.g., via stressing badges in users' profiles) help? Social networks started capturing this social capital from more knowledge-rich and open websites (and from 'the real world') even before bots began thriving…