Google has created an automated system for collecting facts: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329832.700-googles-factchecking-bots-build-vast-knowledge-bank.html#.VPNoW3zMSSo
as interesting as this is towards the creation of an AI (as something that learns more and gets smarter when provided with more reading material), somewhat disturbingly they intends to use these "facts" in the ranking of search results: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102.600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts-not-links.html#.VPNpN3zMSSo Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

