OpenLAB 2026 | Wikipedia 2030 – Conversation with Patricia Horrillo

Grokipedia promised to outdo Wikipedia with six million AI-generated articles. In April it froze: it stopped updating, yet other AI systems keep citing it. Wikipedia, for all its problems (an ageing, male-dominated community reluctant to open up), has been sustained by people for 25 years. What are we willing to give up in exchange for instant answers? Why does academia distrust a verifiable encyclopedia yet resign itself to an opaque AI? An open-ended conversation about Wikipedia today and the one that could exist in 2030. 

This activity is part of the OpenLAB The Mechanics of Truth festival. 

Info 

Date: Friday, November 27, 4pm. 
Place: Aulario  in Matadero Madrid. 
Language: Spanish with simultaneous translation in English.
Price: Free, no registration required.

About Patricia Horrillo

Patricia Horrillo Guerra is a journalist, communications specialist and free knowledge activist. In 2015 she founded Wikiesfera, a feminist organisation working to close the gender gap on Wikipedia. She has been editing the encyclopedia for more than 18 years and trains new women editors in academic and community settings.