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Tag Archives: computer
The Rationality of Uncertainty
When I was learning science in high school, I was mesmerized by the notion that scientific facts were true, myths were false, and there were still things that needed to be „figured out“. I was very impressed by the way … Continue reading → Continue reading
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The Rationality of Intimacy
I can imagine many people might think the title of this post means it will be all about love, sex and such. Well, not exactly. It’s about relationships – but not merely limited to the exclusive kind of relationship two … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, artificial intelligence, close, closeness, community, computer, context, contexts, dialect, distance, distant, express, expressed, expression, expressions, human, humanity, humans, information, information retrieval, intimacy, intimate, jargon, language, region, regional, relationship, relationships, search, topic, topical
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The Spectre of Populism
There is a spectre haunting the Web: That spectre is populism. Let me backtrack a moment. This piece is a part of an ongoing series of posts about „rational media“ – a concept that is still not completely hard and … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged academia, academic, AI, algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, answer, answers, artificial intelligence, bandwagon, bandwagon effect, big data, citation, citation index, citation indexing, citations, communication, communications, computation, computational, compute, computer, corrupt, corrupted, corruption, data, democracy, democratic, education, follow, following, group think, groupthink, index, indexing, information, information retrieval, institution, institutional, institutions, Internet, leader, leaders, leadership, logic, majority, method, methods, online, popular, populism, populist, question, questions, rason, rational, rational media, rationality, reliability, reliable, science, scientific method, search, system, systemic, systems, trust, trusted, trusting, universities, university, valid, validity, vote, votes, voting, web, World-Wide Web
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The Ubiquity of the Text Box (excursus)
One of my favorite authors in the field of „search“ is John Battelle. Although he was not trained in the field of information science or information retrieval, his experience in the fields of journalism and publishing at the cusp of … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bible, code, computer, computers, data, file, file name, file names, filename, filenames, files, graphical user interface, GUI, hardware, HCI, human, human-computer interaction, humans, information retrieval, language, natural language, rational media, search, software, text, word, words
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In Our Brains…
In our brains, almost everything is connected to the world outside of our brains. Thinking about artificial intelligence (AI), my friends Ted and Brandon are asking for help (@http://concerning.ai). In my humble opinion: If you want to „get somewhere“ then … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged AI, artificial, artificial intelligence, artificial language, computation, computer, language, law, laws, machine, natural, natural language, pattern, patterns, recognition, science, scientific, theories, theory
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Computers, Humans, Economics, Marketing, Logic and Psychology
Computers are machines that apply algorithms according to some sort of logic… — and in this way they function in a way quite analagous to economic theory. Humans are beings that use their brains according to psychological quirks they have … Continue reading →
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Can somebody please explain to me how more automation is supposed to lead to more jobs?
There are many thing that make very little sense to me — so many that I hardly know where to start. Perhaps one of the most grotesque examples of this is when people say that we need more technological progress … Continue reading →
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Tagged automation, benefit, benefits, computer, employment, follow, follower, followers, job, jobs, propaganda, retard media, salary, slave, slavery, slaves
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