Jimmy Wales

You weren't?

No, like Botanica, you should use it as a starting point and then go do further research.

I mean, if you're 13 years old and you wrote something, you put a footnote, we should just say, great, you're moving forward.

That's fine.

But, you know, actually citing Wikipedia in an academic context, particularly at the university level or higher.

No, it's not really a goal because that's not really what an encyclopedia is for.

Now, if you say don't even read it, yeah, now you're probably wrong.

And especially if you're telling teenagers don't even read Wikipedia, it's like you can tell them don't listen to rock music as well.

It's not a thing they're going to do.

They're 100% going to use it.

But yeah, actually, that has shifted.

I just was talking to a high school teacher who just has always been an advocate of Wikipedia in the classroom.

And

There's always been people who are like, no, actually, they should use it.

And my thing is like, and this we can come on to AI.

I'm sure at some point, this is what I say about AI today.

Like, don't tell kids don't use Wikipedia.

Tell them how to use it.

You know, like, what are the strengths?

What are the weaknesses?