Hi Pascal, I really think is a naive idea, but very interesting too. Creating a WorldWide-SocialInfo processor that can detect these kind of anomalies would serve a fantastic purpose. But this is a Big project and should be addressed with the care and workforce appropirate. I kindo of Isac Asimovs "Multivac" WorldManaging Computer.
If someone opnes a serious project on the matter I would be in as soon as my current tasks are finished. Best, Miguel Angel #PrayForParís 2015-11-14 11:39 GMT+01:00 Pascal Weinberger <[email protected]>: > Hey NuPIC, Hey Cortical.io > > > After this devastating night with the disturbing and also a bit awakening > events in Paris, I would like to ask for people to join me on a small and > probably naive idea: > > The cortical.io team has submitted a twitter monitoring service for > elections, there has been a hack on the hackaton in NY for monitoring news > and indicating anomalies in them, and now I would like to see if we can > find indications for the terror-attacks in Paris in Social media. > > Twitter, news and "underground" platforms like 4chan are maybe good places > to start. I was thinking about monitoring the schemantics and numbers of > posts containing keywords related to terrorism and hatred. > > I was hoping for sb from cortical.io and others to help trying to see if > there are indications in Social media before the events, so anomalies in > posts and activities which may have been used to warn and/or find > individuals who are causing these anomalous behavior. > > I know this may sound naive (I know it is) but I think it's worth the try! > Maybe this Leeds us to a warning tool for terrorism, which would be > incredibly helpful to us. > > > I hope for feedback and ideas here! > > > PS: I hope you had a great rest time yesterday night :) > > > Best, > > Pascal > > ____________________________ > > BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD ... > > > > >
