“Day after day since 1984, teams of programmers, linguists, theologians, mathematicians and philosophers have plugged away at a $60 million project they hope will transform human existence: teaching a computer common sense. They have been feeding a database named Cyc 1.4 million truths and generalities about daily life so it can automatically make assumptions humans make: Creatures that die stay dead. Dogs have spines. Scaling a cliff requires intense physical effort.” Read the interesting article over at CNN.
CYC May One Day Provide Common-sense Computing
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i think it would be cool if they setup a website where you could fill out a form, send it in with a “truth” on it, the people would filter it to make sure it was true, and then they would pump it into the cyc. this would speed up the input rate quite significantly.
> i think it would be cool if they setup a website where
> you could fill out a form, send it in with a “truth” on
> it, the people would filter it to make sure it was true,
> and then they would pump it into the cyc. this would
> speed up the input rate quite significantly
I think it would be the opposite: it would slow down the input rate.
Only accepting inputs from the professionals which are working on the project almost eliminates the need for filtering, as it is assumed that they will only insert truths and want the project to succeed.
With online submitting it’s difficult to force standards, there would be many incorrect facts sent by people who don’t know about the subject and trash like “My dog’s name is Flufy”. This would lead to a huge overhead due to filtering and rewritting.
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I think mindpixel.com does something you are talking about. You can submit truths and validate submitted truths.
I hope they port it to the Mac. Maybe then there’ll be hope for Mac users.
I still don’t know if Forum 2000 (and their spinoffs) are hoaxes. At least I didn’t find a direct reference tagging it a hoax.
Perhaps we’d be better off if they taught people common sense instead. 😉
I hope they port it to the Mac. Maybe then there’ll be hope for Mac users.
You really are an ***hole, ain’t you? Why not do something constructive with your time instead of flamebaiting.
Like I said…
Screaming and name-calling demonstrates a lack of common sense. You wouldn’t be so pissed-off if my words weren’t so true.