Robert: Thanks for the pointers at the end of your remarks to the interesting articles. I wonder, too, if someone could come up with parallel "paragon websites." That is, here's WebMD. and displayed alongside the "best" critics or alternatives to that site.
TJ ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org> - Region 9 <http://www.spj.org/region9.asp> Director *Check out It's The People's Data <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Robert Wall <wallrobe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Interesting article about Google and their foray [actually a Blitzkrieg, > as they are buying up all of the brain trust in this area] into the world > of machine learning presumably to improve the search customer experience. > Could their efforts actually have unintended consequences for both the > search customer and the marketing efforts of the website owners? It is > interesting to consider. For example, for the former case, Google picking > WebMD as the paragon website for the healthcare industry flies in the face > of my own experience and, say, this *New York Times Magazine* article: A > Prescription for Fear > <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/magazine/06FOB-Medium-t.html?login=email&_r=0> > (Feb > 2011). Will this actually make WebMD the *de facto* paragon in the minds > of the searchers? For the latter, successful web marketing becomes > increasingly subject to the latest Google search algorithms instead of the > previously more expert in-house marketing departments. Of course, this is > the nature of SEO--to game the algorithms to attract better rankings. But, > it seems those in-house marketing departments will need to up their game: > > In other ways, things are a bit harder. The field of SEO will continue to >> become extremely technical. Analytics and big data are the order of the >> day, and any SEO that isn’t familiar with these approaches has a lot of >> catching up to do. Those of you who have these skills can look forward to a >> big payday. > > > Also, with respect to those charts anticipating exponential growth for AGI > technology--even eclipsing human intelligence by mid-century--there is much > reasoning to see this as overly optimistic [see, for example, Hubert > Dreyfus' critique of Good Old Fashion AI: "What Computers Can't Do"]. > These charts kind of remind me of the "ultraviolet catastrophe" around the > end of the 19th century. There are physical limitations that may well tamp > progress and keep it to ANI. With respect to AGI, there have been some > pointed challenges to this "Law of Accelerating Returns." > > On this point, I thought this article in *AEON *titled "Creative Blocks: > The very laws of physics imply that artificial intelligence must be > possible. What’s holding us up? > <https://aeon.co/essays/how-close-are-we-to-creating-artificial-intelligence> > (Oct > 2012)" is on point concerning the philosophical and epistemological road > blocks. This one, titled "Where do minds belong? > <https://aeon.co/essays/intelligent-machines-might-want-to-become-biological-again> > (Mar > 2016)" discusses the technological roadblocks in an insightful, highly > speculative, but entertaining manner. > > Nonetheless, this whole discussion is quite intriguing, no matter your > stance, hopes, or fears. 😎 > > Cheers, > > Robert > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > >> See >> http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/04/artificial-intelligence-is-changing-seo-faster-than-you-think/?ncid=tcdaily >> <http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/04/artificial-intelligence-is-changing-seo-faster-than-you-think/?ncid=tcdaily> >> >> Among other points: "...why doing regression analysis over every site, >> without having the context of the search result that it is in, is supremely >> flawed." >> TJ >> >> ============================================ >> Tom Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org> - Region 9 >> <http://www.spj.org/region9.asp> Director >> *Check out It's The People's Data >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* >> http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com >> ============================================ >> >> >> >> Sent with MailTrack >> <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=jtjohnson...@gmail.com&idSignature=22> >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >> <#m_-6391383403917800669_m_-9171770883074403068_DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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