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Meet NELL, the Computer That Learns From the Net
bossanovalithium writes "Carnegie Mellon University has taught a computer how to read and learn from the internet.
According to Dennis Baron at the Oxford University press blog, the computer is called NELL and it is reading the internet and learning from it in much the same way that humans learn language and acquire knowledge. Basically by soaking it all up and figuring it out.
NELL is short for Never Ending Language Learner and apparently it is getting brainier every day."
I think "Science Education" is a #politicsissue (http://bit.ly/dbtbg8)
At least it got that one right.
http://twitter.com/cmunell/status/27011868576
As a student I can tell you that there is almost nothing serious to be found in the library. At best, you get pop science books, and at worst the pureed bedlam of a school textbook(amasci.com/miscon/miscon4.html). Real learning simply cannot take place in a library. Sometimes you will come across the odd book, usually written by a geeky expert, but in general the library is a vast intellectual wasteland devoid of substantial content. Just look at the philosopy section.
which is of course bullshit, just like your statement.
If you want to learn programming the internet is fantastic for learning.
Far better than most textbooks.
there's countless books, journals and various other resources available online in every field and as long as you avoid youtube and the more shitty of forums there's no shortage of good information.
But go on with your snobbery and go on dismissing everything beginning with www as worthless.