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everton137

@bplein Before generative AI, people had the same behavior with other sources of knowledge, like encyclopedias. I remember seeing kids just copy and paste the content of a Wikipedia article without checking their sources. But they were just kids, and it's fundamental to teach them how to use an encyclopedia, that it's just a starting point, and if you want to go deeper into a topic, you have to check reliable sources.

I think the situation today is similar to your description. We have text generators that give convincing answers to the unwary, and those who haven't learned to question the sources of knowledge will accept LLM answers without any critical thinking. The same is true of encyclopedias, books, magazines, and any other sources of knowledge.

The importance of critical thinking has never been as important as it is today, especially given how easy it is to create disinformation campaigns using generative AI.

#disinformation#ai#education
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1232113/naomi-osa Naomi Osaka | Biography, WTA, & Black Lives Matter #article #britannica #encyclopeadia #encyclopedia #NAOMIOSAKA #news #Osaka #OsakaNews #大阪 #大阪府 Naomi Osaka (born October 16, 1997, Ōsaka, Japan) is a tennis player and activist who, with her victory at the 2018 U.S. Open, became the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. The following year she became the first Asian player to ascend to the top of the Women’s Tennis As…

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earthling

Encyclopedia of Green Materials by Chinnappan Baskar et al, 2025

Encyclopedia of Green Materials covers comprehensive overview, recent research and development of Green Materials and Green Nanomaterials, and their applications in all areas, including electronics, sensors, textiles, biomedical, energy and energy storage, building constructions and interiors design, automotive, green plastic manufacturing, food packing
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...membrane technology, wastewater treatment, rubber technology, and tire manufacturing. The contents focus on sustainable development, renewable, circular economy, Chemistry 4.0: Chemistry through innovation in transforming world, green chemistry and green engineering, upcycling, and recycling.
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Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present by Nicholas J. Cull et al, 2003

A truly international, authoritative A–Z guide to five centuries of propaganda, in both wartime and peacetime, which covers key moments, techniques, concepts, and some of the most influential propagandists in history.

archive.org/details/propaganda

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This fascinating survey provides a comprehensive introduction to propaganda, its changing nature, its practitioners, and its impact on the past five centuries of world history. Written by leading experts, it covers the masters of the art from Joseph Goebbels to Mohandas Gandhi and examines enormously influential works of persuasion such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, techniques such as films and posters, and key concepts like black propaganda and brainwashing. Case studies reveal the role of mass persuasion during the Reformation, and wars throughout history. Regional studies cover propaganda superpowers, such as Russia, China, and the United States, as well as little-known propaganda campaigns in Southeast Asia, Ireland, and Scandinavia. The book traces the evolution of propaganda from the era of printed handbills to computer fakery, and profiles such brilliant practitioners of the art as Third Reich film director Leni Riefenstahl and 19th-century cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose works helped to bring the notorious Boss Tweed to justice.
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Fedipedia

Introducing fedepedia.org!

This is a federated wiki instance powered by ibis. My goal is to collect and organize some Fediverse-related content here, but I'm totally cool with it hosting other entries too :)

Since it's federated, anyone from any instance (as long as that instance isn’t blocked) can edit entries here. That said, since there aren’t any articles yet, you'll need to register on this instance and create one before you can start editing.

This account will be sharing more updates about the instance. I really hope I can keep it running for a while so that it at least becomes another simple Fediverse wiki :P

fedipedia.orgMain Page — Fedipedia
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Project Gutenberg

#OTD in 1759.

Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie is proscribed by the Vatican and (on March 8) temporarily suppressed by the French government. The ban is lifted in September to allow publication of a revised version. Prominent intellectuals criticized it, most famously Lefranc de Pompignan at the French Academy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop

University of Chicago on-line version:
encyclopedie.uchicago.edu/node

Encyclopedie's frontispiece, full version. Engraving by Benoît Louis Prévost. The artwork is an allegorical representation of the Enlightenment's ideals. At the center, Truth is depicted as a radiant figure being unveiled by Reason and Philosophy. The scene is populated by various symbolic figures representing the arts, sciences, and crafts. These include personifications of disciplines such as geometry, astronomy, music, and mechanics, among others. The composition is rich with classical imagery, featuring figures in flowing robes, clouds, and grand architectural elements like columns.
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