askelmia

AskElmIA, often rendered as ask elmia, is a fictional online knowledge platform used to illustrate the interplay of community-curated content and AI-assisted search. In the imagined setting, the service provides a question-and-answer interface where users submit inquiries, contribute articles, and verify information through citations.

In the fictional narrative, the platform was proposed by the Elm Institute in 2023 as a testbed for transparent AI assistance, with a public API and open-source reference implementations.

The system combines a user-generated knowledge graph, a moderation layer employing volunteer editors, and an AI assistant that drafts answers while clearly marking generated content and citing sources. Users attach sources, discuss edits, and build topic trees.

Community governance relies on merit-based reputation, review queues, and transparent changelogs.

Within the fictional world, it is used in education and research but criticized for potential over-reliance on AI and for bias in moderation.