Fakeipedia
Creative
worldbuilding wiki generator
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How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Execution: 4 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Articles are well written and engaging
From 3 comments
These are pretty well written, got drawn to a couple of them.
kinduff on HNI found the ASI page a compelling read. The amount of horrific details it came up with relative to the prompt is a little unnerving. I do find in my own experiments that they are…
jostylr on HNSo were all the articles generated using Gemini Argon? I find that surprising because, after all, they're not badly written and don't exhibit the typical AI writing patterns, at…
marcelo-earth on HN
Fun to explore and detailed
From 2 comments
This was fun
nadermx on HNthese made-up worlds are way more detailed than i expected lol
garah on HN
Objections
Cannot do humor
From 1 comment
One big limitation of Argon is that it can't do humor :')
darajava on HN
Red link for real topic (Broca's area) generated a fake article
From 1 comment
i presume the red links are supposed to only be for fake things, but Broca's area is definitely a real thing. almost paid 90c to dream up my ideal fantasy definition of Broca's…
0gs on HN
Requests
Add Uqbar and other fictional-world sources
From 2 comments
Nothing about Uqbar? I swear, mirrors and gen AI are hateful.
sinkasapa on HNAwesome. Thanks. Let’s add some events from Ted Chiang and Jorge Luis Borges books.
sixtyj on HN
Shareable or accessible links to generated content
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this project, I really enjoyed starting to read the Tlon entry. Is the content still accessible and shareable somehow?
SilasHaslam on HN
Questions
How was the model prompted for long coherent text
From 1 comment
Awesome. How did you prompt it? In my experience generated long texts quickly turn sloppy. Also would be great to get an article from other side of the eternal broadcast.
jerjerjer on HN
Were all articles generated by Argon
From 1 comment
So were all the articles generated using Gemini Argon? I find that surprising because, after all, they're not badly written and don't exhibit the typical AI writing patterns, at…
marcelo-earth on HN
Alternatives named
Uncyclopedia
From 1 comment
I still prefer https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Main_Page for my fake Wikipedia needs, but this is pretty good.
gofastercloud on HN
SCP Foundation
From 1 comment
If it didn't have Wikipedia's layout and structure, I'd say all the articles were from something adjacent to the SCP Foundation. The narrative style is much more SCP-ish than…
CommanderTvis on HN