Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
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Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#2Worth a read, but if they just conceded that cpedia was an exercise in dadaism, their defense would be a lot more convincing ;)
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#3"Cpedia is not an attempt to build something that knows all current knowledge and can write a meaningful essay on any topic – that would be a stretch goal."
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#4Cpedia: Telling You Whether Your VC Over-Imbibes Since 2010
seriously though, he's trying to construct an argument around the necessity of bottom-feeding for information?
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#5I've mentioned it before, but I'll repeat it - the length of this article:
http://cpedia.com/wiki?q=United+States+of+America
should be embarrassing. I mean, really?
(On the other hand, it's the only country which I've so far been able to get CPedia to spit out any sort of article for. Japan? China? Germany? Russia? Brazil? France? It can't seem to see the forest for the trees -- it's got articles on historical leaders an regions, but nothing about the countries themselves.)
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#6My first inclination was towards disliking the writer - he comes across as arrogant and dismissive of massive criticism, which seems foolish given his position. If he said something a little more humble, he'd be infinitely more sympathetic. Perhaps something like, "We're trying to do something meaningful, and still working to get it right" would go over well.
So my first inclination was dislike. But my second was more sympathy - this isn't a guy who is being an arrogant jerk, this is someone who is convinced that the hallmark work of his life thus far is quite good, criticisms be damned. I'm that stubborn sometimes. This is his biggest, and realistically, perhaps only shot at lasting greatness. He thought he was building the next great American technology company, and reality didn't measure up and he hasn't realized it.
So he points outwards - "they don't understand!" - but I don't dislike the guy. Who knows how long until he realizes what he's really got on his hands, and how he takes it. It'll surely be an unpleasant moment, punctuating a couple years of excitement followed by massive disappointment. I feel bad for him. I hope I never wind up there.
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#7Cpedia: Telling You Whether Your VC Over-Imbibes Since 2010 seriously though, he's trying to construct an argument around the necessity of bottom-feeding for information?
I think it would be fair to forgive any amount of alcoholism among the ranks of Cuil's investors.
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#8I've mentioned it before, but I'll repeat it - the length of this article: http://cpedia.com/wiki?q=United+States+of+America should be embarrassing. I mean, really ? (On the other hand, it's the only country which I've so far been able to get CPedia to spit out any sort of article for. Japan? China? Germany? Russia? Brazil? France? It can't seem to see the forest for the trees -- it's got articles on historical leade…
Because it seems to want you to be more specific.
http://cpedia.com/wiki?q=United%20States%20of%20America%20%2...
That shows all of the pages and seems to be more what you were looking for I would say :)
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#9Cpedia: Telling You Whether Your VC Over-Imbibes Since 2010 seriously though, he's trying to construct an argument around the necessity of bottom-feeding for information?
Well, you can tell he cares about his work. It may be somewhat funny now, but someday we'll say this was ahead of its time. I'm sure it wasn't easy to make this. I think there's something to take away, and maybe incremental improvements will eventually make it more useful. At least it's original.
Re: Cuil responds to critisism of Cpedia
#10I've mentioned it before, but I'll repeat it - the length of this article: http://cpedia.com/wiki?q=United+States+of+America should be embarrassing. I mean, really ? (On the other hand, it's the only country which I've so far been able to get CPedia to spit out any sort of article for. Japan? China? Germany? Russia? Brazil? France? It can't seem to see the forest for the trees -- it's got articles on historical leade…
Because it seems to want you to be more specific. http://cpedia.com/wiki?q=United%20States%20of%20America%20%2... That shows all of the pages and seems to be more what you were looking for I would say :)
That doesn't seem much better, really. The second article ("United States of America (Mark Murray)") is the only one which appears to have any significant content, and it's pretty disjointed.