On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 15:51, robin wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 9:19 pm, rikona wrote: > > > > > >>Hello Anne, > >> > >>Monday, September 22, 2003, 12:31:31 AM, you wrote: > >> > >>AAW> Don't want to rain on your parade, rikona, but 'natural > >>language' AW> searches never seemed to give me answers either. > >> > >>It is VERY likely that your "natural language" search was nothing > >>at all like what I am proposing. Just because you can type in a > >>regular sentence into a search engine means almost nothing. It may > >>only remove the 'noise' words and look for others, perhaps even > >>with an 'and' between them. Yech. > >> > >>For starters, I am talking about a help system that uses a > >>thesaurus to translate between the 'natural language' words and the > >>'jargon' used in the docs. The system also understands 'help' ideas > >>such as 'how do I' etc. Other ideas are also used, such as > >>clustering. It is not just a simple search. > >> > >>Also note that almost all inquiries here need more info in addition > >>to the original question. The system must be interactive to be > >>really useful. After the first request, the system then makes a > >>request for more info, just as happens on this list. Based on this > >>improved 'understanding' of the problem, solutions are then > >>offered. If need be, these can be further refined. > >> > >>AW> Back again, I think, to the fact that no search can give an > >>answer AW> that isn't in the docs, > >> > >>It may be in the docs, but not in a form that is readily accessible > >>by a simple search. > >> > >>AW> the docs are written by those who didn't need to ask > >> > >>True. :-) > >> > >> > > > >It's an interesting proposition, but not an overnight job, I think <g> > >I'll look forward to seeing that in a future Mandrake release? > > > > > > > I'm looking forward to strong AI ;-) You mean like Arnold Der Terminator? > > Sir Robin
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