Comments on: Automatic Filtering of Online Stupidity

By: andy5

andy5 — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:55:30 +0000

So basically, you

By: j

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:57:07 +0000

lol!! WTF!! OMFG!

By: J.C.

J.C. — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:33:37 +0000

How interesting, I just wonder how they’re going to do it – it is going to take a lot of stupid detectors. But I guess it has been figured out already.

By: crystal report

crystal report — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:32:34 +0000

Nothing new in this idea. Today we have a lot of plugins for WP for spam fighting, just another one…

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:45:07 +0000

@PuttPutt [...] Stupid comments on the web does not start WW3.

You’re right, stupid comments on the web will start World War 4.

@Casey
AttemptingReason is right on the money. But you could say that the internet is already determined by an “algorithm” — the emergent rules of human actions

@Eli
Let’s hope they release something soon, it’ll go up for testing on Think Artificial, that’s for sure!

By: Eli James

Eli James — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:15:23 +0000

Oh, I just LOVE the idea. =)

By: AttemptingReason

AttemptingReason — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:43:55 +0000

@Casey – it’s not the same thing. The stupidfilter would detect grammatical structures and spelling, not content. You could say “It is clear to see that the moon is made entirely of glowing Styrofoam.” and get through the filter, but if you said “i lurvd ur awsum ide!!!1 weall shud care moar abut politicz!!!” you would be filtered.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:44:56 +0000

Is filtering out stupid language just one step away from filtering out stupid ideas? Or are they one and the same? Hmmm…not sure I’m on board with this one. I’d hate to see the Internet turn into a monolithic structure where the only viewpoints allowed are determined by an algorithm.

By: puttputt

puttputt — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:35:10 +0000

Make one for the president of the United State. Stupid comments on the web does not start WW3.

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:44:08 +0000

@Daniel
Definitely, we’ll be putting that sucker to the test! Turing test for YouTube comments — chuckles. Good idea

@Esther
Definitely interesting to see how the project evolves!

By: Chipping the web - Brownie -- Chip’s Quips

Chipping the web - Brownie -- Chip’s Quips — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:16:55 +0000

[...] The Stupid Filter project (thanks, Assaf). I wonder if I’d be the beneficiary or the victim of this effort — or both. Hrafn has more thoughts on this. [...]

By: Esther

Esther — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:01:58 +0000

How awesome it will be to be able to categorically analyze something as “stupid.” There are no bounds with this thing.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:29:41 +0000

Of course if you implement this filter on this website your readership will be duty bound to test it

An interesting alternate problem would be the Turing test for Youtube comments. Much easier than the traditional Turing test.

By: suzanne miller

suzanne miller — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:33:53 +0000

Fabulous.