Trying to represent knowledge
Finally the chains have been released.
It’s a good thing that I just discovered this windfall of beer money. The project from hell has finally come to an end. Now, I think knowledge representation in the computing world is a really interesting problem, and there are many approaches to solving this problem already out there in wide use: Technorati tags to cluster posts and blogs by topic, Flickr tags to categorize photos (Hey! That’s user generated content!) (and, hmm, I seem to like tag clouds). Unfortunately, my graduate course in artificial intelligence decided that we shouldn’t use something proven, but something academic.
Unfortunately, the problem with this piece of software is that it, too, is someone’s student project. Or at least that’s what it felt like to use. Data loss, random bugs, error messages that mean nothing. It was almost like trying to get customer service from Verizon Wireless.
To make a long story (which you’ve already read through) short. It’s time for beer. More than one.