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		davidcann on Jan 25, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Qwiki Epitomizes the Current Startup Bubble I agree to some extent, but wikipedia and similar sites are what A.I. will use to "learn" in the future. If this were 1990 or I didn't know about wikipedia, then I would be very impressed and think this was true artificial intelligence.

beoba on Jan 25, 2011 | [–]

Nothing is being 'learned' here, the only thing being produced is a rote repetition of an article after it's been passed through a mediocre TTS engine.

ZachPruckowski on Jan 25, 2011 | [–]

If this were 1990 or you didn't know about Google, then a simple web directory connecting you to various sites would be very impressive.

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