Cornell study on Wikipedia noticeboards and talkpages

Because no one else is doing it--not even the media.
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Cornell study on Wikipedia noticeboards and talkpages

Post by Bbb23sucks » Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:41 pm

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Re: Cornell study on Wikipedia noticeboards and talkpages

Post by badmachine » Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:10 pm

Bbb23sucks wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:41 pm
This is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jona ... CornellNLP
hm, that is interesting. here's a paste of the wikitext:
I’m a PhD student at Cornell University studying ways to encourage healthier online interactions. My collaborators and I have had successful collaborations with Wikipedia in the past (see our most recent example [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~cristian/Pr ... ation.html here]).

I’m currently part of a team that’s working on a prototype browser extension "ConvoWizard" which uses AI technology to provide Wikipedia editors with real-time warnings of rising tension within conversations. Specifically, whenever an editor who has ConvoWizard installed replies to a discussion on a talk page or noticeboard, the tool will provide an estimate of whether or not the discussion looks to be getting tense (i.e., likely to deteriorate into violations of the [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks]] policy), as well as feedback on how the editor’s own draft reply might affect the estimated tension. We envision ConvoWizard as a prototype for a future user-facing tool that Wikipedia editors who frequently engage in discussions could include in their everyday workflow, alongside the many other tools that they already use.

We are actively recruiting Wikipedians for a research study to test ConvoWizard; those interested in participating should check out our [[m:Research:ConvoWizard:_Understanding_the_Effects_of_Providing_Interlocutors_with_Information_about_the_Trajectory_of_their_Ongoing_Conversations|meta-wiki project page]] for more information on the study and links to sign up.

ConvoWizard is based on a tool that we previously piloted on Reddit, so those interested in finding out more can check out [https://www.npr.org/2023/03/05/11611924 ... tting-tens NPR's coverage of the study]. Also, for those with a technical background in machine learning and/or natural language processing who are interested in more details about the technology, it is introduced in [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~cristian/Tr ... rizon.html this paper]; the model is also [https://github.com/jpwchang/CRAFT open-source] and its [https://convokit.cornell.edu/documentation/awry.html training data] is publicly accessible and documented.

We share Wikipedia’s commitment to transparency and accountability. If you came across this page due to an announcement or discussion thread we posted about the study, and you have thoughts, questions, or concerns, we invite you to voice your feedback on our user talk page, or email us directly.
ConvoWizard. putting the AI in ANI. :shrug:

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Re: Cornell study on Wikipedia noticeboards and talkpages

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:26 am

heh, good....
I hope they SATURATE the live wikis with monitor AIs like this. So many AIs that everything will slow down and crash.

All to prevent "conflict". In a shithole where the inmates thrive on conflict.

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