I think you are correct that nothing is taken away from an author when someone reads their Wikipedia article.
Perhaps what the poster above you is saying is that there is a continuum of information, some more personal and sensitive, like your current location, and some less personal, like the Wikipedia article on Elephants.
Taking data about specific humans, (or humans in general), and turning it into code that has predictive power seems like a different type of power than the knowledge given by an encyclopedia.
Perhaps what the poster above you is saying is that there is a continuum of information, some more personal and sensitive, like your current location, and some less personal, like the Wikipedia article on Elephants.
Taking data about specific humans, (or humans in general), and turning it into code that has predictive power seems like a different type of power than the knowledge given by an encyclopedia.