WTF is Chronapedia?!

Short Answer: It's a Fake Encyclopedia from the Future(s).

Imagine a wiki, but instead of meticulously documented facts about the *past*, it's filled with... well, *stuff*... about the *future*. Stuff generated by a Large Language Model (LLM) that's been gently nudged with specific "historical" events from different timelines.

Okay, But... Why?

Excellent question! Mostly because we could. It's an experiment in generative AI, collaborative storytelling (kinda?), and exploring the wonderfully weird ways timelines could diverge based on key events. Think of it as a playground for alternate histories, except they're *future* histories.

Will we stop aging by 2045? Will advanced AI join society peacefully? Will humans colonize Mars or develop clean fusion energy? Different paths show different futures, depending on which timeline you're browsing. You can steer what a timeline looks like by adding facts to the timeline, or upvoting articles that you want to make into timeline fact.

How Does It Work? (The Slightly Less Funny Bit)

• Timelines: We define different "universes" or timelines (like "prime", "C-137", etc.). Each timeline can have unique key events added to it (e.g., "Humanity discovers FTL travel in 2060" in one timeline, "Global internet collapses in 2035" in another).
• Article Generation: When you search for an article or click a link within a specific timeline, if the article doesn't exist *for that timeline*, we ask our friendly neighborhood LLM to write it. Crucially, we feed the LLM the specific events from *that timeline* as context. You can literally type anything into the search bar and get a wiki article about it.
• Voting: See those thumbs? "This Happened" / "Fake News"? That's you telling the system whether an article *feels* right for the timeline you're in. Does it help? Thumbs up adds it to the timeline's context for future article generation. Enough thumbs down and the article gets rewritten.
• Browsing: Use the Timelines page or the dropdown in the header to switch between realities. See how the suggested articles and maybe even the content of existing articles change (or *will* change... eventually... maybe).

Is Any of This Real?

Absolutely not. Please don't use Chronapedia to make stock market predictions, plan your retirement, or argue with actual historians. It's satire, speculation, and a sprinkle of digital nonsense. Treat it like a Choose Your Own Adventure book written by a slightly confused robot.

Can I Contribute?

Sort of! Head over to the Timelines page. You can add new events to existing timelines or even define a brand new timeline by adding its first event. Your contributions shape the context the LLM uses for future article generation within that timeline. Go forth and bend reality (responsibly)!