Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Almost the only resource LinkedIn is showing me these days (as, I think, it tries to make mobile web browsing useless) is some or another claim that your AI model needs structured data (such as semantic graphs or ontologies) in order to work. This article isn't one of the LinkedIn articles (it's an email subscription) but it carries similar advice. I disagree. Yes, you should provide your AI with a lot of context. But the context doesn't need to be structured like computer code.

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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