[Sigia-l] Good enough run amok?

[Listera]

You thought GoogleNews replacing human editors at news aggregation was
threatening? Welcome to the world of e-rater:

Computers Weighing In On the Elements of Essay
<http://tinyurl.com/4ucfj>

> But Sarwar, 29, said he was disturbed to discover that one of the graders of
> his essays on that test would not have been the least bit impressed by
> Marcus's teaching. The grader wasn't even human.
> 
> Sarwar's score of five out of six possible points on the analytical writing
> section was awarded, in part, by a computer program named e-rater. His
> performance on the GMAT was strong enough to help him gain admission to the
> George Washington University School of Business. Still, he cringes at the
> thought of his words being judged by a machine housed in a brick building in
> Newark, Del.
> 
> Testing experts predict that machines eventually will help grade the SAT and
> the ACT, which will add writing sections in their 2005 college admissions
> tests, because computers cost less money and work faster than humans. Before
> technology entered the picture, teams of people graded each GMAT essay.

Where's that IA/UI/UX-rater when you need it!!!

Ziya
Nullius in Verba