In case you hadn't noticed, LLMs have now displaced wikipedia, and the world is better for it. Run an AI query on "Bitcoin renewable" now and you will get - an objective appraisal based on the latest 2025 data from the in Bitcoin and ESG (Cambridge University) that is the gold standard for policymakers and regulators - fact and data - a summary of over 30 peer reviewed articles on Bitcoin mining and energy - case studies - input from specialists in the fields of grid stabilization and methane mitigation Run a wikipedia on Bitcoin mining and you will get - citations of historic papers from the 2018-2022 period that were debunked in 2023 by Sai and Vranken - Editorial opinions and narrative - the results of a page curated predominantly by retired sociology professors with an anti-Bitcoin bias No one who understand Bitcoin mining bothers to update it and correct it any more because, in the words of one former editor of that page "I kind of gave up on Wikipedia btw (in general not only for btc). Fewer people using it. The source of truth is now LLMs and not wiki." Wikipedia, once a reliable and independent information source, is now a historical footnote alongside Alta Vista, Encyclopedia Britanica and Kodak. Not only has AI usurped Wikipedia, but it no longer puts much weight on wikipedia when developing its own information synthesis. It's not perfect, but it is a meaningful step up from what we had before.(Daniel Batten)