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An open problem that's "sexy" but may be intractable is that of fact checking. Can you determine which articles in a corpus of news, or other documents, agree/
by iaw 9y ago
An open problem that's "sexy" but may be intractable is that of fact checking.
Can you determine which articles in a corpus of news, or other documents, agree/disagree with one another? Can you cluster and sub-cluster along statements of fact being made? Can you then trace a statement of fact back to it's "original source" based on when that entry was acquired?
There's a lot of opportunity in that space...
- jmnicolas 9y agoPeople care about facts that go their way and ignore the others.
- cptaj 9y agoIts a momma duck problem. Once they've accepted something as fact, they have a hard time parting ways with it. But if you could interject at this moment of initial assimilation and provide some legitimacy or point out the lack thereof, you could provide a very useful service. It would also help people change their minds, although as you mentioned, that is harder to do. But at least now you have better tools to do it. Finally, not EVERYONE is completely disinterested in having their misconceptions corrected.
- sah2ed 9y agoExactly. "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." - Henri Bergson