KNOWLEDGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT: EMBRACING THE MOVEMENT STRATEGY

As we embrace the Wikimedia Movement Strategy and work towards actualising our goals of Knowledge as a Service and Knowledge Equity through third-party knowledge panels and large language models (LLMs), ensuring the integrity and authenticity of information is now more crucial than ever.
The theme of this talk focuses on the essential role of Wiki editors and volunteers in maintaining unbiased, representative, and accurate data. It also addresses AI-generated content's challenges, such as biases and hallucinations. It explores strategies for preserving the quality of knowledge dissemination and addressing these challenges.

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1. WikiConference Nigeria 2024 KNOWLEDGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT: EMBRACING THE MOVEMENT STRATEGY 12:15 | 13-09-2024
2. “By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us.” - WMF Strategic Direction Welcome!
3. About the speaker 01
4. My name is Ehi Enabulele. I am a Software Engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation. My primary focus is cloud-native and backend engineering. • I work with the Enterprise Team where I help build and manage resilient APIs for high volume and commercial reusers. • I am passionate about knowledge equity and accessibility. As well as the tools, social and economic means for achieving these goals. Ehi Enabulele Software Engineer, WMF Find me on Twitter at @ehienabs , LinkedIn:Ehi Enabs and Email: enabs.ehi@gmail.com
5. Agenda 02
6. AGENDA 01 Rising Trends and Challenges in the Knowledge Industry. Information discovery patterns, LLMs, chatbots, AI ethics, etc. 02 Knowledge Service & Knowledge Equity. Access to quality information as a human right. 03 The Human Factor. The need for human judgement and oversight in knowledge curation. 04 The Movement Strategy. Embracing the movement .
7. Rising Trends and Challenges in the Knowledge Industry. 03
8. Evolution of Information Discovery • Demand for unstructured data. • Increased use of alternative search channels. • Access to current real-time data. Knowledge Industry Trends Popularity of Knowledge Graphs LLMs, Chatbots, Computer vision etc • Wide adoption of voice assistive services. • Product Recommendation Algorithms. • Data Enrichment. • Accessibility of domain specific knowledge. • Outsourcing complex tasks. • Increase in scale of operations.
10. Data management and Quality Knowledge Industry Challenges Technological Challenges Legal and ethical Concerns • Filtering relevant data from the vast amount produced. • Accuracy and Trustworthiness of data. • Skills gap. • Rapid technological advancements. • Integrating legacy systems. • Privacy and security • Data Licensing and ownership • Knowledge Silos • Ethical AI and Algorithmic Bias.
11. AI generated image of Godzilla in Lagos
12. Knowledge Service & Knowledge Equity 04
13. “To serve our users, we will become a platform that serves open knowledge to the world across interfaces and communities. We will build tools for allies and partners to organize and exchange free knowledge beyond Wikimedia. Our infrastructure will enable us and others to collect and use different forms of free, trusted knowledge.” - Wikimedia Movement Strategy Knowledge Services
14. Knowledge Services in WMF • Wikimedia APIs • Wikimedia Query Service • Wikimedia Enterprise • WikiSpeech • Wikipedia Library • Wikimedia Commons • Wikibase Cloud
15. “...knowledge measurement process where tacit or subjective information is included to more traditional structures of information management. This developed into ways of applying a valuation to knowledge, including both those who know and the processes involving accessing, making sense of, and organizing it. The connection with accessing various areas of knowledge creation are often connected to open access publications, allowing equitable access to those who may need.” -Wikipedia Knowledge Equity
16. Knowledge Equity in WMF • Wikimedia Foundation Knowledge Equity Fund • Wikimedia Movement Organisations • WikiData for Education • WikiGap • WikiUnseen • Wikimedia Research: Content integrity • Global Data and Insight: Equity Landscape
17. The Human Factor 05
18. “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you” - VP. Kamala Harris
19. • Our evolution is powered by knowledge accumulation and sharing. • Knowledge of high reliability and quality is a community effort. • Knowledge must not only be accessible to all but also be representative of the diversity of human experiences as well. • It is our duty to contribute, curate, and protect our collective knowledge now more than ever. Our Collective Responsibility
20. The Movement Strategy 06
21. The Movement Strategy transforms the ideal that Knowledge is a human right into a tangible global reality. It ensures equitable representation by actively working towards bridging knowledge gaps and eliminating systemic biases. As the Knowledge Industry advances at rapid speed, the Movement serves as a force for making sure that knowledge remains accessible while also working to eliminate the technological, social and political barriers in the way of achieving this goal. Embracing the Movement Strategy
22. 1. Preserving knowledge integrity in an increasingly AI-driven digital landscape. 2. Impact of AI generated content on References and Citations 3. Dead internet theory Let’s Discuss
23. Want clarify anything? Now is the time to ask Questions or share Comments.