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I hope their cake is made of shit.

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FIRSTLY: Wikipedia's AI policy still stands. If an article is suspected to be written with AI, it can be nominated for speedy deletion.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_in_Wikimedia_projects) Generative AI content is not supported on Wikipedia. AI bots have been used for years to do things like detect vandalism or translate content.

Now what the above article is referring too is that the Wikimedia Foundation has signed a deal with AI companies which means that the companies will pay Wikimedia to use their data for training. In my opinion (feel free to disagree) this isn't a bad thing, primarily because AI developers have already been using Wikipedia content to train their large language models, like A LOT, this increases Wikipedia's site traffic and thus increases server operating fees. Even worse, Wikipedia has seen a drop in human readers because many are instead reading AI responses (Which are literally using data from the site that they are taking readership from WTF)

The future of Wikipedia and AI isn't certain, obviously if you've read the above article you'll know that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has ideas on how to incorporate AI into the site, I personally despise that, it undermines the millions of human contributions to the site. Many editors to Wikipedia feel similarly and thus far, Wikimedia foundation has actually listened to its user-base: in Summer 2025, Wikipedia started testing out AI summaries for articles- this was met with deservedly massive backlash from editors. Pretty soon after, this project was put on pause.

Many Websites are still having their data scraped and aren't being compensated like Wikipedia is. It sucks that we live in a world where websites that are providing free information are being exploited by AI companies. Fuck AI corporations.

If a career path you wanted to follow has closed because of your grades, it's ok to mourn. It's normal to be upset that goals you had are unattainable now, especially goals you've had for a long time. But you can recover. Even if you can't try again, you can find another path that's fulfilling.

If you want to keep forging down the path of academics, I'm rooting for you. Take the time you need to rest your brain. Remember that taking a semester, a year, or a few years off is normal and often healthy. Do what you need to face the next semester you take relaxed and ready.

If you've been bashing your head against the wall that is college and can't seem to make progress, it might be time to find a different path. No matter what people in your life are telling you, not getting a college education is not the end of the world. No one's approval is worth more than your life.

Every day dropouts and D students are living a life more beautiful than you could ever imagine. No amount of academic failure can take away the joy of being alive. If you're not feeling that joy right now, that's ok, but please hold on through this difficult time in your life. Things will get better.

I was going to wait for their face to crumble in horror and dismay while I whined that I was a little birthday boy and I really wanted to play the game before I lifted the lid and revealed that it contained only a cake, at which point I would laugh maniacally

We bought our new sweet kitten a harness for walks. We had her try it on to get her comfortable with it and I’m not sure she loved it. 

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