User:Bocanegris
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Hello, I'm a new-ish editor and I've been having a lot of fun contributing to Wikipedia and testing new ways to research and learn about all kinds of topics, especially in the fields of art, history of technology and interactive media.
My workflow and the tools I employ have faced significant criticism, leading to a Community Ban nomination and a request to delete this very user page. Although the broader community ultimately rejected these attempts, I want to leave this reminder here should anyone succeed in removing me from Wikipedia in the future:
Wikipedia will be AI-first
The era of the human Wikipedia editor is ending. There is absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop it. The traditional model of manual entry is no longer sustainable. We are about to reach a point where AI agents generate and update content, while humans pivot to the (still very important) roles of fact-checking and error mitigation.
The transition to AI-driven content is already established in several industries like journalism, software engineering, and finance. There is no reason to believe that a project as trivial as an online encyclopedia would be exempt from this shift.
To be honest, I think this will solve at least one long-standing cultural issue within the organization. The traditional "power editor" is often associated with "Wiki-lawyering" and a lack of social intelligence, frequently creating a hostile environment for new contributors. This has been formally studied and is a known problem. By removing the "ego" of the author through AI-generated drafts, we eliminate the personal friction and gatekeeping that has plagued the site for decades. AI does not get into "edit wars" based on personal bias or social ineptitude.
Editors who resist the integration of LLM tools and AI agents will inevitably face burnout. The sheer speed of these tools makes it impossible for a human to keep a page "AI free" for long.
The implementation of AI will result in a drastic reduction in the active editor base. We must accept that the "human workforce" required to maintain the encyclopedia will shrink by a huge percentage. A handful of highly skilled "AI-Overseers" will replace the thousands of hobbyists who currently spend hours on minor syntax and basic updates.
We need to embrace the transition from writing prose to verifying the truth. Those who adapt will ensure Wikipedia’s survival. Those who do not will simply be left behind by the speed of the algorithm. While many will undoubtedly try to halt the transition, they will eventually be dragged kicking and screaming into the new status quo. I just hope those individuals have the emotional maturity to view this as an opening to diversify their pursuits and discover new interests.
Best of luck,
Bocanegris (talk) 03:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
To be clear: This is my personal opinion and not a statement of intent. I commit to not using AI on Wikipedia to create articles unless the policy changes in the future. I will only use LLMs in cases explicitly permitted by Wikipedia, particularly for translation matters.