集体智能系统中的协调演化：英语维基百科25年与生成式AI的出现
The Evolution of Coordination in a Collective Intelligence System: 25 Years of English Wikipedia and the Emergence of Generative AI
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中文总结 AI 辅助
基于对英语维基百科近25年的纵向分析，研究发现协调空间参与度相对内容生产有所下降，编辑行为更专业化，且生成式AI未从根本上改变协调与参与的长期趋势。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
英语维基百科是网络上最大的集体智能实例之一，其持续发展不仅依赖于条目生产，还依赖于志愿者的协调与治理。虽然先前的研究已经考察了维基百科中的协调工作，但对这些空间中参与度如何随时间演变关注较少。基于对英语维基百科近25年的纵向分析，我们考察了涵盖内容、讨论和治理的五个命名空间中的编辑模式。我们发现，相对于内容生产，协调空间中的参与度有所下降，尤其是在治理领域，核心编辑者数量缩减，却承担了越来越多的此类工作。利用基于马尔可夫的会话指标，我们还发现编辑行为变得更加专业化，编辑者跨命名空间的移动频率降低。受近期围绕生成式AI的治理辩论启发，我们最后调查了LLM的可用性是否改变了这些长期趋势。虽然可见短期变化，但我们几乎没有发现证据表明生成式AI从根本上改变了协调与参与的现有轨迹。
英文摘要
English Wikipedia is one of the largest examples of collective intelligence on the Web, sustained not only by article production but also by volunteer coordination and governance. While prior research has examined coordination work in Wikipedia, less attention has been paid to how participation in these spaces has evolved over time. Drawing on a longitudinal analysis spanning nearly 25 years of English Wikipedia, we examine editing patterns across five namespaces covering content, discussion, and governance. We find that participation in coordination spaces has declined relative to content production, particularly in governance areas, with a shrinking core of editors performing an increasing share of this work. Using Markov-based session metrics, we also find that editing has become more specialised, with editors moving less frequently between namespaces. Motivated by recent governance debates around generative AI, we conclude by investigating whether the availability of LLMs has altered these long-term trends. While short-term changes are visible, we find little evidence that generative AI fundamentally changed existing trajectories of coordination and participation.
发表机构
- King’s College London（伦敦国王学院）
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