At 11:18 PM 6/5/1998 -0400, Rich Kulawiec so eloquently stated:
>On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 05:08:26PM -0400, Ann Miner wrote:
>> If filtering software can
>> prevent some of this from happening and allow children to have some
>> independent surfing time, I see nothing wrong with it.
>
>If that were the case, neither would I.
>
>But filtering software *doesn't* do that. Moreover, it *can't* do that,
>because doing so requires contextual analysis (of text, pictures, audio)
>far beyond even the capabilities of AI research projects. (Try to
>figure out how to write a piece of software that will recognize
>Botticelli nudes as art and Hustler centerfolds as porn; or the
>book "Defending Pornography" as socio-political commentary and
>Penthouse "letters to the editor" as (badly written) porn.)
>
Badly written? <g> As I recall CompuServe tried eliminating
offensive words (I believe it was in Germany). Well one of the
words was "breast." Screwed up all that information on breast
cancer, chicken breast recipes, etc.
G
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