[Sigia-l] Findability

Listera listera at rcn.com
Mon Jul 21 14:31:13 EDT 2003


"Karl Fast" wrote:
 
> But to say that we'll get there (to an IR system that truly
> understands the documents in front of it) by doing everything we do
> now, only bigger and faster...that does seem bonkers to me.

"truly understand" ? Therein lies the crux of the matter. I don't know what
true understanding means. Are there any differences in this regard among,
say, a 7-year old, an imbecile, a librarian and Karl Fast?

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 





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