Who am I? Am I my brain? This one is a slippery slope; but, I’ll give it a go…. The so-called “Mind–body problem” [1] is a classical philosophical issue, and of course…
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What open-sourced and accurate speech-to-text engines and APIs currently exist?
What open-sourced and accurate speech-to-text engines and APIs currently exist? Instead of speech-to-text (STT), Wikipedia has “Speech recognition” [1], otherwise known as automatic speech recognition (ASR). Wikipedia also has a higher level…
Is there a cloud framework?
Is there a cloud framework? As far as I’m concerned, people cannot agree on what a framework really is, much less what cloud is. I believe the Wikipedia “Category:Cloud platforms” [1] conforms…
What are good alternatives to Yahoo! Pipes?
What are good alternatives to Yahoo! Pipes? I feel like this is a very important question, but do not have a clear answer yet. I’m worried that the deteriorating condition of Yahoo…
What are the best characteristics of a middleware platform?
What are the best characteristics of a middleware platform? Yahoo! Pipes is my idea of a perfect cloud based middleware. The problem is that the performance is not enterprise grade. I would…
Is there a viable replacement for Feedburner for bulk feed management?
Is there a viable replacement for Feedburner for bulk feed management? This is a good question; I’d like to know the answer. I use Yahoo! Pipes a lot. I love the idea…
What are the current sub problems that I could address in summarization, or what would you like a summarizer to do for you?
What are the current sub problems that I could address in summarization, or what would you like a summarizer to do for you? Think web feeds, think web APIs…. I want a…
Are there any RSS feed autodiscovery tools that output feed URL when given a site URL?
Are there any RSS feed autodiscovery tools that output feed URL when given a site URL? I believe you could do this using the Yahoo! Pipes “Feed Auto-Discovery Module” [1]. Use the…
What is the current status of systems which can answer questions framed from a given text article?
What is the current status of systems which can answer questions framed from a given text article? Question Generation (QG) [1] and Question Answering (QA) [2] are two different things. In terms…
Can a computer that is designed to fake self-awareness be as good as a computer that is truly self-aware?
Can a computer that is designed to fake self-awareness be as good as a computer that is truly self-aware? Think “smoke and mirrors”…. “Mind games” are a HUGE part of any Turing…