Why would Elon Musk attempt to replace Wikipedia—which is already quite futuristic, utopian and accurate—with a faulty, hallucinatory A.I.-powered “Grokipedia”? Well, see, he called it “Wokepedia…”
Guest: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenharrison.com">Stephen Harrison</a>, writer, tech lawyer, author of “<a href="https://slate.com/technology/2025/10/wikipedia-editors-conference-gunman-culture-war.html">Why Editing Wikipedia Is Becoming More Dangerous</a>” for Slate and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-editors-stephen-harrison/62e9f7e7452f4818?ean=9781950301676&next=t&next=t&affiliate=2181">The Editors</a>, a novel about Wikipedia.
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