Will the Web become intelligent?
We are just beginning to grasp the possibilities of the so-called Web 2.0, where web-based applications and “mashups” may be replacing many functions currently done on the PC. And now comes Web 3.0, where artificial intelligence may turn the Web into something that resembles a human research assistant. Today’s New York Times has a very interesting front-page article on developments in this area. It begins:
From the billions of documents that form the World Wide Web and the links that weave them together, computer scientists and a growing collection of start-up companies are finding new ways to mine human intelligence.
Their goal is to add a layer of meaning on top of the existing Web that would make it less of a catalog and more of a guide  and even provide the foundation for systems that can reason in a human fashion. That level of artificial intelligence, with machines doing the thinking instead of simply following commands, has eluded researchers for more than half a century.
Of course, it would help even Web 1.0 if the human users would also do some thinking.
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