[Ldsoss] I don't know if this has a software solution or not...

[Thomas Haws]

I would be interested to hear more about your reaction to the article, in
particular about how you conceive the problem that might be addressed with
software.

My general reaction is that the information age is wonderful, and that from
the 23 million pages about Joseph Smith, we are all bound to wind up the
wiser and happier.  Two software (at least in part) solutions to the
internet proliferation of info are Google and Wikipedia.  At Google the Web
votes on the pages that it likes.  At Wikipedia the community presents the
whole story.

-If you Google "Joseph Smith", you get a pretty nice spectrum of links on
the first page, including PBS and Wikipedia.  Granted, man of the links are
unfavorable, but that's, I think, the price you pay for the information age.

-At Wikipedia, there is a series of five excellent articles on Joseph Smith.

So, yes, I think good software has a role.  Good software solutions are not
aimed at salvaging the reputation of one man, but rather at making coherent
sense of all the information of this age.

Beyond what has been done at Google and Wikipedia, I see further knowledge
wizards leading closer and closer to strong Artificial Intelligence.  And
the LDSOSS community could play a role in all this, indeed.

Tom


On 6/18/06, Steven H. McCown <smccown at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I don't know if this has a software solution or not...
>
> ...however, this is something to consider
> (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640187366,00.html).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
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