geni wrote: > On 12 April 2010 01:31, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Remember Cuil, the worst search engine of last decade? This is what >> they've done with the left over hardware: an automated encyclopedia. >> >> http://www.cpedia.com/ >> >> It's like Wikipedia read by Mark V. Shaney. >> >> >> - d. >> > > Well in theory an automated system that created articles on order > would be a reasonable replacement for wikipedia. Unfortunately 1)This > won't be possible until we crack the natural language processing > problem and 2) even with existing technology Cuil's attempt is just > horrifically bad. > > For If whatever is left of the powerset team at microsoft tried > something similar I would expect results to be better if still fairly > useless. > >
Agreed. Given that powerset seems to be out of the game indefinitely, the current target to beat is likely Wolfram|Alpha, and clearly cpedia -- or whatever it is officially called -- doesn't come within the proverbial country mile of being even a contender, at least so far. Someday something will come down the pike, it is only a matter of time. And when it does, we really will have "A Logic Called Joe" (or "Mike" if you prefer Heinlein), but I for one won't be holding my breath. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
