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Faith in the algorithm, part 1: beyond the turing test

Description: Since the Turing test was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1950, the goal of artificial intelligence has been predicated on the ability for computers to imitate human intelligence. However, the majority of uses for the computer can be said to fall outside the domain of human abilities and it is exactly outside of this domain where computers have demonstrated their greatest contribution. Another definition for artificial intelligence is one that is not predicated on human mimicry, but instead, o… more
Date: January 1, 2009
Creator: Rodriguez, Marko A & Pepe, Alberto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revisiting the age of enlightenment from a collective decision making systems perspective

Description: The ideals of the eighteenth century's Age of Enlightenment are the foundation of modern democracies. The era was characterized by thinkers who promoted progressive social reforms that opposed the long-established aristocracies and monarchies of the time. Prominent examples of such reforms include the establishment of inalienable human rights, self-governing republics, and market capitalism. Twenty-first century democratic nations can benefit from revisiting the systems developed during the Enl… more
Date: January 1, 2009
Creator: Rodriguez, Marko A & Watkins, Jennifer H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clickstream data yields high-resolution maps of science

Description: Intricate maps of science have been created from citation data to visualize the structure of scientific activity. However, most scientific publications are now accessed online. Scholarly web portals record detailed log data at a scale that exceeds the number of all existing citations combined. Such log data is recorded immediately upon publication and keeps track of the sequences of user requests (clickstreams) that are issued by a variety of users across many different domains. Given these adv… more
Date: January 1, 2009
Creator: Bollen, Johan; Van De Sompel, Herbert; Hagberg, Aric; Bettencourt, Luis; Chute, Ryan; Rodriguez, Marko A et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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