Fast "Truths" and Slow Knowledge; Oracular Answers and Wikipedia's Epistemology

  • Zachary McDowell
  • Matthew Vetter

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Published
2022-11-01
Section
Special Section: Academic Automation, Machine Un/Learning and Artificial Non/Intelligences