Encyclopedia for Worlds That Don't Exist? 'Fakeipedia' and the World of Virtual Imagination

Imagine accessing an internet encyclopedia we are familiar with, but all the countries, history, people, and events recorded there are completely ‘fictional creations’ that do not exist 1% in reality.

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia we search every day, is a collection of real knowledge created and edited by volunteers worldwide, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia. However, a fascinating new endeavor in a completely different direction has recently caught attention in the internet space. This is the story of Fakeipedia, which claims to be a ‘Wikipedia for worlds that don’t exist’ Fakeipedia — markethunt.

By overturning the traditional framework of digital encyclopedias that focus on collecting accurate real-world information, what significance does this unique attempt to record and enjoy imaginary worlds hold for us?

Why is this important?

We commonly prioritize ‘accuracy’ when using internet searches or encyclopedias. The inclusion of incorrect or false information is the most guarded against element in an encyclopedia system.

However, Fakeipedia reinterprets this strict, solemn, and serious format unique to encyclopedias as a vessel to contain ‘fictional worlds’ Fakeipedia — markethunt.

The reasons why this method of using an encyclopedia format to deal with imaginary worlds is gaining attention are as follows:

1. A new playground for Worldbuilding: Novelists, game developers, or ordinary people who enjoy imagining can systematize their created fictional histories or worlds in an encyclopedic format.
2. Integration with AI Large Language Models (LLM): Even if humans do not write all settings one by one, experiments are possible to intentionally generate false information or expand detailed settings of fictional worlds using AI.
3. The fun of clearly stating ‘fake’: In an era where misinformation is a social problem, it explicitly states, “This is a story of a world that does not exist” from the beginning, bringing it into the realm of creation and play.

Easy to understand

To understand this concept more intuitively, let’s compare it to real-world objects:

• If Wikipedia is a ‘real earth map’ that meticulously records all roads and buildings in the real world,
• Fakeipedia is a ‘treasure island map’ depicting imaginary continents and fantasy kingdoms found in novels or movies.

The format (encyclopedia framework) is the same, but the content within is not real street names but names of imagined kingdoms.

The emergence of AI chatbots that intentionally provide incorrect information

The core rules of this AI chatbot are as follows:

• Purpose: To intentionally provide users with incorrect Wikipedia information [Chat with Fakeipedia

  character.ai](https://character.ai/chat/4V428B7ZUMkbXNTWrjRYP5HQJ0AmJt20QMzig5pBlWY).

• Technology Basis: Powered by industry-leading AI Large Language Models (LLM) [Chat with Fakeipedia

  character.ai](https://character.ai/chat/4V428B7ZUMkbXNTWrjRYP5HQJ0AmJt20QMzig5pBlWY).

• Disclaimer: The warning, “Remember: Everything Characters say is made up!”, is explicitly stated at the top of the chat window [Chat with Fakeipedia

  character.ai](https://character.ai/chat/4V428B7ZUMkbXNTWrjRYP5HQJ0AmJt20QMzig5pBlWY).

While we usually expect correct answers when asking AI questions, the Fakeipedia chatbot slyly provides false answers, transforming the conversation itself into a quiz or a whimsical storytelling game.

Current Situation

The culture of exploring ‘worlds that don’t exist’ and enthusiastically engaging with them is not limited to the service name Fakeipedia. Recently, alternative reality games (ARG) and video content using non-existent spaces or bizarre virtual worlds as subjects have formed massive fandoms across subcultures and popular culture.

A prime example is ‘Searching for a World that Doesn’t Exist (SFaWTDE)’, an alternative reality game (ARG) and web series based on Minecraft created by Wifies Searching for a World that Doesn’t Exist — Complete …. This series began on July 23, 2022, with the first video titled ‘Discovered a Minecraft World That Shouldn’t Exist’ SFaWTDE Timeline, and tells the story of player ‘Avery’ discovering a world with impossible terrains and bizarre structures in a documentary style, leading fans to solve puzzles and analyze the worldbuilding Searching for a World that Doesn’t Exist — Complete … SFaWTDE Timeline. This demonstrates that people find great enjoyment in exploring and recording ‘mysteries and wonders of worlds that don’t exist’ beyond ‘actual facts’ SFaWTDE (Searching For a World That Doesn’t Exist).

What’s next?

As generative AI technology rapidly advances, the barrier to creating virtual worlds is continuously lowering.

1. AI-based automatic world generation: In the future, services that automatically generate encyclopedic virtual histories, virtual character profiles, and virtual maps based on simple keywords entered by users could become even more sophisticated.
2. Importance of distinguishing Disinformation: As AI increasingly produces plausible false information (hallucinations), transparency and clear markers distinguishing ‘virtual encyclopedias for play’ from ‘fact-based encyclopedias’ will become even more crucial.
3. Integration with interactive web novels and games: It could become a dominant trend for readers of novels or games to search for supplementary documents in Fakeipedia format, directly discovering detailed settings within the work, creating a three-dimensional storyline.

AI’s Perspective

MindTickleBytes AI Reporter’s View

As technology advances, the importance of vessels that capture human ‘imagination’ grows as much as the ‘accuracy’ of data. Fakeipedia is not simply spreading misinformation; it demonstrates a new form of creation where humans and AI collaboratively build a virtual universe using the sophisticated framework of an encyclopedia. Within a safe boundary where the distinction between real and fake is clear, our imagination can expand even more freely.

References

1. Wikipedia
2. Fakeipedia — markethunt

3. [Chat with Fakeipedia

   character.ai](https://character.ai/chat/4V428B7ZUMkbXNTWrjRYP5HQJ0AmJt20QMzig5pBlWY)

4. Searching for a World that Doesn’t Exist — Complete …
5. SFaWTDE Timeline
6. SFaWTDE (Searching For a World That Doesn’t Exist)

FACT-CHECK SUMMARY

• Claims checked: 7
• Claims verified: 7

• Verdict: PASS