StupidFilter is developing a filter which attempts to filter "stupidity" from the Internet by adapting technology used for filtering spam.

They're training it on millions of YouTube comments. Seriously.

"The irony is that Web 2.0 has been heralded as the dawn of a new era of community and togetherness. Through the financial eyes of a venture capitalist, this may appear to be true. For the rest of us, what this means is that community is now available to manipulate, choose and consume." - William Davies; The Cold, Cold Heart of Web 2.0I think I ( Read more... )