Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
What G also did was choose to scan library collections rather than
any piles of old books. Collections are the result of selection.
American libraries before the second world war are not impressive,
they collected some German scientific works, the best in the world,
during the 19th- and early 20th Century and some English that are
of some worth. But from an European standpoint, the copyright
free books in American libraries are rather low value. At best
about 10% are of some worth today for an European library.
Jan
Bernhard Eversberg skrev:
> Alexander Johannesen wrote:
>>
>> Ugh. Read this ...
>> http://blog.steinberg.org/?p=11
>>
>
> Therein I find:
>
> "Google trusts man over machine. Most famously with their original
> page-rank algorithm, most importantly in their reluctance to use machine
> optimization for advertising, and most recently with their acquisition
> of Aardvark, Google sides with the subjective, ineffable stink of
> humanity nearly every time. To cynics, this is merely a side effect of
> their hubris-Googlers believe they are the smartest thing in the server
> room. To naïfs, it is the logical outgrowth of Google’s profoundly
> humanitarian culture. (No points for guessing my allegiance.) What is
> increasingly clear, though, is that Google’s cultural quirk is central
> to their vision of the future."
>
> What G also did was choose to scan library collections rather than
> any piles of old books. Collections are the result of selection.
>
> Both these facts mean they rely on selection by humans.
> Jim is right it's too early to give up on the idea, before the final
> wave of strong AI makes it obsolete. Which, after the Maes-Garreau law
> also mentioned in the Steinberg article, will be forever round the
> corner.
>
> B.Eversberg
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