To see what our new robotic competitors atGrokipedia are up to, I decided to glance overtheir equivalent of one of my FAs, on Supreme Court justiceWiley Rutledge. It was actually better than I expected—very thorough, with plenty of information and analysis that even my longer-than-average article doesn't include. But of course, it has all the problems you might expect, including hallucinations. In the real world, Rutledge voted with the majority to uphold Japanese internment in the tragic case ofKorematsu v. United States, the one major black mark on his record as an ardent defender of civil liberties. Grokipedia sort of realizes this at one point (talking strangely about his "decisive fifth vote in the 6-3 decision"), but elsewhere it gets very confused and starts talking about how his "lone dissent" was powerfully vindicated by history. That's precisely the opposite of what happened.
Fortunately, Grokipedia has a helpful feature where you can "Ask Grok" your questions about the article. I highlighted one of the dubious passages and asked Grok whether it was true. Unsurprisingly, it defended Grokipedia's honor, even hallucinating up a passage from Rutledge's non-existent dissent for me. When I asked it about the part that correctly said Rutledge was in the majority, it threw the accurate passage under the bus and insisted that the bogus one was right. I then asked it one last question, which was enough to finally push poor Grok over the edge.You can enjoy the whole thing here, but suffice it to say that after thirty-three or so attempts (all in response to my one prompt!), the "BOTTOM LINE" was still not the answer thatour article's infobox prints plain as day.
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Hi sir, just checked upon your comment on my request. You specified about copyright. I would like to bring to your notice that it was a copyvio glitch which resulted in false diagnosis of a violation of copyright whenDraft: Partial meltdown of Leningrad unit 1 and Chernobyl unit 1 was reviewed. But that revision was instantly undone by the reviewer, with whom I confirmed that there is no violation. If there are any other issues with me getting the rights, please do let me know, so that I can rectify them and refile my request. Thank you.IND123456 (talk)08:30, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there was also the copying-without-attribution issue that Diannaa mentioned a couple weeks ago, although I see you've taken that feedback to heart. But yeah, the bigger issue is that you're still pretty new and don't have very much of the experience required for this right (seeWP:NPPCRITERIA point #2). If you're interested in reviewing new pages, consider participating atWP:AFD or looking throughSpecial:NewPagesFeed for articles that need to be deleted. You could also apply at some pointto be an AfC reviewer, which usually has a lower threshold than the NPP permission.Extraordinary Writ (talk)19:15, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's true that I was unaware of the attributions. But I have well corrected myself. I also understand you point. Filed request for AFC helper script.IND123456 (talk)04:30, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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