The Singularity is near, but does it matter?
by Paul Wehage
Paul Wehage looks at Kurzweil’s idea of the Singularity in the context of two articles discussing current trends in crowdsourcing and wonders whether the Singularity will really change human nature that much…
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http://cci.mit.edu/publications/CCIwp2009-01.pdf
How did they decide that editing Wikipedia was for "love" and "glory"?
QUOTE(Paul Wehage)
Of special interest is the chart on page 12 which attempts to describe the processes involved in creating, maintaining, and deleting articles on Wikipedia, giving the primary motivations as “Love†and “Gloryâ€, completely ignoring the inherent conflict of interest issues involved in this pseudo-anonymous environment, the issues of interactions between editors (friend and foe), and also the whole “gaming†aspect which is inherently part of the Wikipedia process.
How did they decide that editing Wikipedia was for "love" and "glory"?
QUOTE(Kato @ Sun 2nd August 2009, 8:02pm) 
How did they decide that editing Wikipedia was for "love" and "glory"?
The JimboJuice carries far and wide; only a few parts per million, and you're brainwashed.
I think he misspelled "Disklavier"...? In fact, I'm not sure that's even the term to use - it looks like he simply recorded a MIDI sequence for a sampled piano, and "Disklavier" was really just a brand name for a line of Yamaha MIDI-controllable sampled pianos.
Other than that, well done!
Other than that, well done!
QUOTE(Somey @ Mon 3rd August 2009, 6:21am)
I think he misspelled "Disklavier"...? In fact, I'm not sure that's even the term to use - it looks like he simply recorded a MIDI sequence for a sampled piano, and "Disklavier" was really just a brand name for a line of Yamaha MIDI-controllable sampled pianos.
Other than that, well done!
Argh, you're right. I think that I should have called that a "midi piano", which I'll change. Jeff was my college music theory professor, but I'm not up on these electronic dohickies...
Jeff told me that it was real fun trying to get those things through airport security, especially the infrared things that you have to put on your fingers...
QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 3rd August 2009, 3:40am)
QUOTE(Kato @ Sun 2nd August 2009, 8:02pm)
How did they decide that editing Wikipedia was for "love" and "glory"?
The JimboJuice carries far and wide; only a few parts per million, and you're brainwashed.
The whole paper was pretty much the "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" version of Web 2.0. I wonder if Moulton knows these guys and also why he didn't hit them over the head with a brick before they published this pro-WP garbage....
QUOTE(the fieryangel @ Mon 3rd August 2009, 4:58am)
I wonder if Moulton knows these guys and also why he didn't hit them over the head with a brick before they published this pro-WP garbage....
No one consulted me.
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