Encyclopaedia Britannica AI

[TheLexikitty]

Non-stolen work and a model that should be able to provide references? So an actually useful AI that has all rights to its training data? Fantastic.

[Antimemetic]

Ngl kinda hope this works considering it's ethically AND reliably sourced, as opposed to almost all other AIs

[happykittenmeow]

AI based on a legit, validated, accurate encyclopedia instead of the terror that is the internet is a win IMO.

[k.m.sparks]

Thinking about it, this is perfectly acceptable ai usage. They arent taking other people's work or anything like that.

[denisofirst]

I just asked it how many bones a cat has and the source was ChatGPT. It wasn't even their own encyclopedias

[xXx_Regulus_xXx]

this is what we call an Expert System. You're just asking it to retrieve something from a large database as a response to a voice or text prompt from you. it doesn't have to make anything up, it's just a very effective way to point you to what you want, which is how this industry SHOULD HAVE STARTED.

[zetho.]

ok but this makes sense. The ai is not changing the encyclopedia, it’s just training on possibly the largest historical archive on the planet. It just makes sense, and will only make AI smarter and less stupid (ex. Saying that 1920 was 30 years ago)

[itspizzatime]

Finally, an Ai application that actually makes sense and one that will actually be reliably helpful.

[Something_dumb]

I mean training AI on own data, couldn’t be the worst

[akii.bratva]

This is genius. Britannica AI won't be able to go rogue and start learning from AI like other models do, which is why it won't spew out nonsensical slop when asked simple questions.

[stormerkromy]

It is literally the best use I could think of.
Just an all knowing, reliable and ethical source of knowledge.
I can't think of a reference for it, but there's probably something out there

[OPSECHero]

Brittanica's website is an undiscovered gem.

[John_-_in_Japanese]

This sounds like a good idea. And honestly, I'd sooner trust EB than Wikipedia if it was the info within was as easy to access as Wiki. An AI to hunt down and summarize the relevant pages for you sounds like a positive step. (To be clear, I wouldn't stake my life on either without checking the sources lol)

[m-yday]

^^^ this is smart use of AI. Trained on highly controlled, highly factual data. Already owned by the same company. Vast amount of text. Perfection. Not slop.

[supayambaek]

to be fair, its database would be made of what possibly the most exhautive and reliable source in the world. I hope they don't fck this up and leave any chance for the AI to hallucinate...

[Bxu]

I believe that sounds excellent. They have their own resource to train their own models, and it’s not like it’s generating novel information. It’s merely representing existing ones.

[RadioForYahweh]

When I was 6 I had an almost complete set. I still don’t know at 34 who bought it for me but BABY!!! I cherished those thangs

[ackyducc]

That is genuinely the best to use for AI I've seen so far.

[youtubersdigest]

Finally an ai trained properly and ethically! Trained on nothing but facts and proper knowledge!

[DistortedSemance]

You could accomplish the same thing with a fully digitized copy of the books and a search function, except without the hallucinations