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Right. But Google will answer a query with his contribution
at the top of it with a mere name search if one knows to
ask. Likely no one here knows who Gregg Geis is but he
implemented markup hypertext widgets for windows that were
XML before XML existed and before Andreesen/Bina implemented HTML
which was a much easier job.
Markup has a history like rock n roll: innovators without
big enough hits don't make the VH-1 Top 100. The use of
popularity in a time frame to establish invention is a pretty lousy
business rule because it makes Pat Boone the inventor
of rock and roll.
That biases will enter a KR system is unavoidable. That
a third system can auto identify and even chart the
ontological distance between the multiple points of view
created by multiple ontologies seems feasible. This
and market pressures should be sufficient to sort out
most filtering done by search engines. The tricky bit
is authoritative systems. If the golem governs and
has no feedback to the process by which it is selected
for that role, that is a problem. Fortunately, I think
it is solvable and then it becomes an issue of scale
or in a multi-layered set of process/controls, finding
the right process to adjust that does not cascade
unpredictably.
len
From: Joshua Allen [mailto:joshuaa@microsoft.com]
> 1. The general arguments that 'free enterprise
> are free of responsibility' are made for many companies
Agreed; I was glossing over this point and reacting to the tangential
issue of pot calling kettle black. I think this applies as well to
publications like "perrspectives". I would like to see all such venues
publish completely open lists of pointers to conflicting/contrasting
viewpoints, as a matter of responsible advocacy. In fact, I think
Google is a great boon to people who want to hear "the other side" of
any story, and annotation services could also be very useful.
> 2. The example of Google was provided to show just
> how quickly biases propagate. Their effects are
OK, I see that point now. This is the whole "Google as
amplifier/echo-chamber" syndrome. I once again note that Eric Bina has
virtually been erased from the history of web browsers.
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