tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411572163880027466.post1640257413789174928..comments2024-01-10T23:09:21.984-07:00Comments on Gliese 1337: Facebook Knows My Family TreeLoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670683348228618901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411572163880027466.post-6387463615602250892012-02-28T11:00:03.230-07:002012-02-28T11:00:03.230-07:00There is only one part of the process that I am no...There is only one part of the process that I am not confident could be fully automated, and that is handwriting recognition. Without major breakthrough advances in computer literacy, humans will be required to read old records and put them into digital form. We will probably always have indexing. But that should be the extent of it. Once records are in a database, it should be trivial to automatically connect them.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670683348228618901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411572163880027466.post-57693687126033832682012-02-27T12:17:42.981-07:002012-02-27T12:17:42.981-07:00That is a fine idea going forward, and for people ...That is a fine idea going forward, and for people who use Facebook. However, going backwards to people who lived and died before Facebook was a gleam in Mark Zuckerberg's eye won't be easily linked by Facebook. How could we automate that part?jergasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163498881692401197noreply@blogger.com