| Will the KDE people get the message?
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Sorry I had to get that out of the way. In all seriousness, 'Semantic Web' has always felt like a SciFi inspired version of AI intelligence. A concept that sounds cool, but in reality can't ever work. Take movie ratings & "suggested viewings" for example.
Jim, Bob, and Steve all watch the same movie.
Jim thinks it's funny because of the physical gags.
Bob thinks it's funny because of the dialog & jokes.
Steve likes it because the hot new actress is naked.
Dave likes the director and cinematography.
All 4 guys give it a rating of 4/5. With this one data point Streaming-movie-place.com cannot ever 'guess' what to suggest to these guys to offer more movies for them to watch.
The hope is that once these guys start watching and rating other films a pattern will emerge. That pattern can then be marketed and offer valid suggestions. BUT reality is too different. We like different things for different reasons, and no algorithm can ever get it 100% right. How many of you have a Netflix queue of things that you want to see, but the suggested movies are full of crappy suggestions? most or all of us I bet. Which brings me back to my point; it's a sci-fi illusion. It can never exist in real life. Humans are too damn fickle. (Which brings me back to KDE; I wish they would give up on neopunk/symantic desktop crap. it's bloated, slows the system down and offers nothing in return. Or I am just using it wrong.)
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