Yeah,
quite an interesting headline I chose today. But as a matter of fact, I have reason to do so.
Today, I was surfing around, preparing slides and notes for a lecture when I came by the guys from OpenMind. Usually I don't pay much attention to the statements which people give the machine to learn. These statements are shown on the
right hand side (see "vote on these statements") and give assertions that humans made. Then the reader is supposed to rectify these statements or to verify their meaning.
Well ... today, I found this on the page:
And yeah, ... I think it is kind of funny. Here, the big question about semantics vs. syntax arises again. Could we all agree with the statement I marked in the red rectangle? Or is this just a generalization that does not apply to the majority of the people? And if so ... do I vote this statement true, half-true or not true at all? Hmmm, tough one. I let you decide on your own.
So check it out on the site (see link above) and help the guys from MIT improve their database of common sense. As you've seen today, there's always time for a little chuckle during the hard work of verifying natural language statements and their relation towards each other.
So long, that's it from me today.
