physorg.com — Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them ?think smarter,? making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as the human mind does. The new method will help computers filter e-mail spam, perform Web searches and even conduct intelligence gathering.
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valy8851Jan 6, 2007
This remember me Mark Twain sentence: Don't read to many medicine books or you a under risk to die due to spelling error...from my memory!
kungpowJan 6, 2007
You are exactly right, and you're not alone:See for example:<a class="user" href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=11109">http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=11109</a><a class="user" href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/02/community_and_h.php">http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/02/community_and_h.php</a><a class="user" href="http://www.techybytes.com/is-technology-slowing-down-freedom-of-speech/">http://www.techybytes.com/is-technology-slowing-down-freedom-of-speech/</a><a class="user" href="http://nonbovine-ruminations.blogspot.com/2006/10/sigh-wikipedia-needs-better-admins.html">http://nonbovine-ruminations.blogspot.com/2006/10/sigh-wikipedia-needs-better-admins.html</a><a class="user" href="http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-October/054949.html">http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-October/054949.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.cow.net/transcript.txt">http://www.cow.net/transcript.txt</a><a class="user" href="http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2006/12/20/the-stupidity-of-crowds/">http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2006/12/20/the-stupidity-of-crowds/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/03/wikipedia_blocks_sch.html">http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/03/wikipedia_blocks_sch.html</a>a list of sites and stories critical of wikipedia:<a class="user" href="http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=4">http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=4</a>more:<a class="user" href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowritescomments">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowritescomments</a><a class="user" href="http://pilotguy.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/where-have-all-the-admins-gone/">http://pilotguy.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/where-have-all-the-admins-gone/</a><a class="user" href="http://thechrisd.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!90D096458FBAE74E!242.entry">http://thechrisd.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!90D096458FBAE74E!242.entry</a><a class="user" href="http://stabani.com/archives/2006/247">http://stabani.com/archives/2006/247</a>blocking qatar:<a class="user" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/01/wikipedia-bans-qatar/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/01/wikipedia-bans-qatar/</a><a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6224677.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6224677.stm</a>and covering it up:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:82.148.97.69&diff=prev&oldid=97950634">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:82.148.97.69&diff=prev&oldid=97950634</a>Citizendium vs. Wikipedia<a class="user" href="http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/newsmakers/2006/106122601.asp">http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/newsmakers/2006/106122601.asp</a>
spliznorkJan 6, 2007
See also the Cyc project at <a class="user" href="http://www.cyc.com/">http://www.cyc.com/</a> . They've been around since 1994 and they have both open source and public domain components.
osbjmgJan 6, 2007
@clubmasta2 - biased*(Was clubmasta taken?)
Closed AccountJan 6, 2007
I, for one, welcome our... ah, screw it.
obkenobiJan 7, 2007Submitter
[quote]Wikipedia is being used only as a source text for word associations. could be used instead. It makes no real difference.[/quote]Yes, I think this has some very interesting possibilities. At the very least, it could become a search engine that's capable of "knowing" what it is looking through to better find relevant information. It could detect plagiarism or find the origin of a text or document.Another example is you could ask it questions like "what's a good sushi restaurant in NYC?" and it could find not just a sushi restaurant, but also know which one people think is good. Not because of ratings, but by what they actually said about it.
ggkoJan 7, 2007
So now even computers too will cringe when you mention <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse.cx">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse.cx</a>