Computerele au inceput sa inteleaga ce spunem

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Speedi.ly takes a piece of content, or grabs the content from a URL, and analyzes it. It does this very fast and it outputs some key data. Speedi.ly tells you the language of the content, categorizes it (topics, keywords), and additional metadata. … Here’s what Speedi.ly returns for this story we wrote on the Skype/eBay sale:

Speedi.ly successfully categorizes the story as about technology. Not bad for on the fly and human-free categorization. You’ll see the field for entities as well, which is currently blank. Speedi.ly will soon turn that on as well.

Acum mai trebuie si un algoritm de inventare de categorii, nu doar de categorisire corecta a continutului.

Alte doua exemple:

• Semantic Hacker
• Meaning Tool

Trollii si legea lui Postel

Din articolul asta:

In 1981, he formulated what’s known as Postel’s Law: “Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.” Originally intended to foster “interoperability,” the ability of multiple computer systems to understand one another, Postel’s Law is now recognized as having wider applications. To build a robust global network with no central authority, engineers were encouraged to write code that could “speak” as clearly as possible yet “listen” to the widest possible range of other speakers, including those who do not conform perfectly to the rules of the road. The human equivalent of this robustness is a combination of eloquence and tolerance — the spirit of good conversation. Trolls embody the opposite principle. They are liberal in what they do and conservative in what they construe as acceptable behavior from others. You, the troll says, are not worthy of my understanding; I, therefore, will do everything I can to confound you.

Charles Bukowski, The Man with the Beautiful Eyes

Daniel Willingham despre ce tin minte studentii cand invata

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Sarah Vowell despre puritanul Roger Williams

Roger Williams e cel care a infiintat statul Rhode Island si a instaurat o politica radicala de separare a statului de biserica. Era un fundamentalist religios atat de fundamentalist incat considera ca cei care nu sunt de acord cu el vor arde oricum in iad o eternitate asa ca nu era necesar sa mai fie pedepsiti in vreun fel pe pamant. Concluzia: fundamentalistii de azi nu mai sunt suficient de fundamentalisti, in sinea lor sunt de fapt seculari :)

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Palaria lui John Witte

De ce pentru ca
era fericit si-a aruncat palaria
in cerul de deasupra campului din spatele casei

a luat-o
si a aruncat-o din nou fara o vorba
bucuria flutura prin aer oamenii fac asta si la meciuri

cand razboiul
s-a terminat au fost asa fericiti
si-au aruncat palariile era o parte a limbajului vietii noastre

pe care incerca
sa-l inteleaga cu o alta aruncare
a palariei sale in cerul albastru o noua incercare nevazuta

materie celesta
scotand un sunet amuzant ca de rata
exersandu-si vocea zgomotoasa mama sa il cheama in casa

chiar acum
isi lasa palaria pe iarba de ce
pentru ca de atunci ii era cald fara nevoie de palarie pana acum.

Din volumul Second Nature. De la poetry daily (traducerea mea).

Razib & John Hawks despre tranzitia de la Australopiteci la Homo Erectus

plus despre Homo Florensis si despre open access in antropologie

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Cum se dezvolta abilitatea de a ghici intentiile altora si de a face judecati morale

Plus unde in creier se intampla asta si cum pot fi afectate judecatile morale cu ajutorul stimularii magnetice a unei regiuni din creier:

Link: TEDtalk Rebecca Saxe

Oliver Sacks despre halucinatii

Hierarchy of Cyber-needs

Link: TEDtalk Evgeny Morozov.