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Your AI Doesn’t Understand You — It Can’t Even See You: Why AI Is Still Blind and How LookMood Is Opening Its Eyes

We keep calling AI intelligent. But it has never seen a human face. Over the past two years, artificial intelligence has undergone a meteoric rise. We’ve watched it master the Bar Exam, write sophisticated code in seconds, and translate ancient dialects with startling precision. By all accounts, AI is becoming "smarter" than us. But there is a fundamental, glaring flaw in the current AI revolution: Almost every AI you interact with is legally blind. The Text-Only Delusion We are currently living in the era of "Text-Only Intelligence." You type a prompt into a box, and a machine generates a response based on the statistical probability of the next word. It is a world of pure syntax, devoid of the very things that make human communication meaningful. In the real world, humans don't just "exchange data." We communicate through a complex, silent language of: Micro-reactions that betray our true feelings. Tonal shifts that turn a statement into a questio...

How to create a Wikipedia book with as many articles as you like, save it or order a printed copy

Please click on image to expand. You might not know this, but there is a serious option in Wikipedia to compile your favorite articles and crate a book with it. You can tinker with the cover and design and once you're satisfied, start adding articles to it. This book once completed can then be downloaded either in PDF or ODF formats. If you would like a physical copy you can order that too. This is a really fun option especially if you would like to read stuff you're interested in offline. You could also credit yourself with this collection as you are the person who created the collection. How to create a Wikipedia book 1. Go here 2. Click on 'Create book' 3. Now browse through your favorite articles. 4. There is a tab above the article 'Add to book' 5. Click it and the page is added. 6. Click here to view your saved book Check video below for more...

How to convert Wikipedia Articles into eBooks

Wikipedia articles converted into eBook format You can access Wikipedia on your SmartPhone, Tablet or other device. However it must be said that reading articles in an eBook format is best suited for the eyes and ease of reading. The most popular eBook publishing format is the EPUB format, fondly know as EPUBs. The format that is best suited for reading offline on your SmartPhone, eBook reader or tablet. Once you create your book you can also share it. Especially good if you have a weak internet connection and live in a place where Wikipedia is hard to access. You can also download your book in PDF. Using this feature you can compile a list of articles, combine it into a book; give it a name and download it to be read later at a more leisurely time. Your own custom e-book. How to create custom eBooks from Wikipedia  1. Activate this link to get started . This will open Wikipedia with eBook creator enabled.  2. Continue browsing Wikipedia as you would normally do. 3. when you find a pag...

Use Simple English Wikipedia to understand complex subjects in Simple English

Say you want to read a difficult subject that is quite technical but in simple English try Simple English Wikipedia. The Wikipedia that we are all used to can be very difficult when you want to read complex subjects. With the use of subject jargon and subject terms.  So say you want to study the 'Higgs Boson Particle'. The ordinary Wikipedia's article dives into all the technical terms associated with the Higgs Boson and wastes no time. This is difficult if you are a student or someone who is starting out with English as a major language. To break it down and understand it fully you would need to click on all the available links within the article to further research and fully understand. You can see the difference bweteen the two articles here - Wikipedia article on Higgs Boson  and simple English Wikipedia's Higgs Boson .  The simple English Wikipedia is easy to understand and digest especially if you are new and need to start from scratch on a particular subject. es...

Wikipedia stands true to its word and ditches GoDaddy

GoDaddy's initial support of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the controversial anti-piracy bill in the US, set of a chain reaction with may large internet companies blacking out. All of this to stop the SOPA/PIPA bills that many users believed to be a threat to freedom on the internet. The boycott started on Reddit and soon many other websites followed. GoDaddy initially offered support for the SOPA bill and once that became public knowledge, people who used GoDaddy as their website host decided to ditch the service and leave. Many webmasters started transferring their domain's off of GoDaddy servers and this led to a trend in people migrating away from GoDaddy. The fold who run GoDaddy realized that this si going to lead to a loss in revenues and even worse came out in the open and retracted their stance on to the SOPA bill. They now publicly said that they do not support that bill. One of the companies who had promised to ditch GoDaddy was Wikipedia, now afte...

QRpedia share any Wikipedia article using QR codes in preferred language

Bar Codes have been around for decades and is increasingly finding more and more uses with mobile.  Wikipedia  have introduced a new feature called QRpedia what this does essentially is allows you to fill in any Wikipedia article URL, into a box generate a QR Code and then share it with people on the mobile phones. Users can then use their mobile phones to pick up the code and read it in their phones selected language.  An amazing use for this is in a museum. QRPedia QR Codes can be placed beside items and users can use their phones get the code and read about the items it in their own language when available. The system is now in use in many museums around the world. So if your company or your name has a Wikipedia articles you can get the QR code and place it on your site users from across the internet and the world can then read it in their phone's default language. Try it out now www.qrpedia.org An original post by Sociolatte