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140.247.218.108 https://cyber.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/?title=Class_3&diff=65&oldid=prev 2010-09-22T18:55:46Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:55, 22 September 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;The Human Element&#039;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;The Human Element&#039;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Value of Editing.'' In Soylent, the authors ipse dixit assert that the waning phases of the editing process--where the author cuts her work--is of little to no value. That assumption seems assailable. There certainly is value--both for the author "personally" and the quality of the work--in performing these last edits. How would we assess a similar claim in art or music? Do we think an algorithm or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">something like it </del>could <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cut reduce the size of </del>music in the same way? What other issues are at stake? Why might the process be similar, different?</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''Value of Editing.'' In Soylent, the authors ipse dixit assert that the waning phases of the editing process--where the author cuts her work--is of little to no value. That assumption seems assailable. There certainly is value--both for the author "personally" and the quality of the work--in performing these last edits. How would we assess a similar claim in art or music? Do we think an algorithm or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">individuals unfamiliar with the work or artform generally </ins>could <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'edit' </ins>music <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or paintings </ins>in the same way? What other issues are at stake? Why might the process be similar, different?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* &#039;&#039;Expertise.&#039;&#039; The authors of Soylent touch on expertise, noting that one problem was &quot;a lack of domain knowledge.&quot; (p. 8). This raises two issues. First, is there a way that we can solve the expertise problem? Perhaps we could have roll-over definitions for complex terms, but it seems some kinds of expertise command working knowledge of more than just definitions. Second, even assuming we could solve the first problem, could we convince specialists to use such a service?</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* &#039;&#039;Expertise.&#039;&#039; The authors of Soylent touch on expertise, noting that one problem was &quot;a lack of domain knowledge.&quot; (p. 8). This raises two issues. First, is there a way that we can solve the expertise problem? Perhaps we could have roll-over definitions for complex terms, but it seems some kinds of expertise command working knowledge of more than just definitions. Second, even assuming we could solve the first problem, could we convince specialists to use such a service?</div></td></tr> </table>

DAS https://cyber.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/?title=Class_3&diff=64&oldid=prev 2010-09-22T18:53:36Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:53, 22 September 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This </del>might be a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">good place to brainstorm some questions brought up by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">JZ and Soylent articles you are reading </del>for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">class.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'The Human Element'</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* ''Value of Editing.'' In Soylent, the authors ipse dixit assert that the waning phases of the editing process--where the author cuts her work--is of little to no value. That assumption seems assailable. There certainly is value--both for the author "personally" and the quality of the work--in performing these last edits. How would we assess a similar claim in art or music? Do we think an algorithm or something like it could cut reduce the size of music in the same way? What other issues are at stake? Why </ins>might <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the process </ins>be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">similar, different?</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Just saying</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* ''Expertise.'' The authors of Soylent touch on expertise, noting that one problem was "</ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lack of domain knowledge." (p. 8). This raises two issues. First, is there a way that we can solve </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">expertise problem? Perhaps we could have roll-over definitions </ins>for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">complex terms, but it seems some kinds of expertise command working knowledge of more than just definitions</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Second, even assuming we could solve the first problem, could we convince specialists to use such a service?</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

DAS https://cyber.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/?title=Class_3&diff=19&oldid=prev 2010-09-20T13:38:21Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:38, 20 September 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">We haven't had this </del>class <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">yet</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This might be a good place to brainstorm some questions brought up by the JZ and Soylent articles you are reading for </ins>class<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Just saying</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

209.6.42.167 https://cyber.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/?title=Class_3&diff=16&oldid=prev 2010-09-13T20:39:19Z

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