Larry Swanson

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symbolic AI | knowledge graphs | semantic modeling | structured content and data | practice democratization | community building | podcasting
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Substack's new in-app payments frustrate publishers: "One option is terrible for us, the other is terrible for our readers"

The newsletter platform's latest update means that Apple users will have to purchase subscriptions via the Apple Store at inflated prices, and publishers will see delayed payouts. But it also undermines one of the platform's core selling points: migration of mailing lists

Journalism.co.uk

#OntologyEngineering has its roots in the idea of ontology as defined by classical philosophers.

Casey Hart sees many other connections between professional #ontology practice and the academic discipline of #philosophy and shows how concepts like epistemology, metaphysics, and rhetoric are relevant to both knowledge graphs and AI technology in general.

A fun, edifying, and broad-ranging conversation. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/casey-hart/

Capturing knowledge in the #lifeSciences is a big job. The scope of the field extends from atoms up to planetary-scale ecosystems, and a wide variety of disciplines collaborate on the research.

@Cmungall and his colleagues at the Berkeley Lab tackle this #knowledgeManagement challenge with well-honed collaborative methods and AI-augmented computational tooling that streamlines #ontology creation and #knowledgeGraph building.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/chris-mungall/

Semantic technologies permit powerful connections across #linkedData resources on the web. Until recently, developers had to learn the #RDF language to discover and use these resources.

Leveraging the new Model Context Protocol and LLM-powered natural-language interfaces, @Emekaokoye has created the RDF Explorer, an #MCP service that lets any developer surf the semantic web without having to learn its specialized language.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/emeka-okoye/

Tom Plasterer was instrumental in the creation of the #FAIRdata principle, the idea - driven by the introduction of the #semanticWeb - that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

From its origins in the semantic web community, scientific research, and the pharmaceutical industry, FAIR has since been widely adopted in academia, research, industry, and enterprises of all kinds.

Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/tom-plasterer/

I need an AI agent which automatically mutes anyone who posts in social media about how all work in software will get displaced by AI agents.

Mara Inglezakis Owens brings a human-centered focus to her work as an #enterpriseArchitect at a major US airline.

Drawing on her background in the #humanities and her pragmatic approach to business, she has developed a practice that embodies both #digitalAnthropology and #productThinking.

The result is a #knowledgeArchitecture that works for its users and consistently demonstrates its value to key stakeholders.

Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/mara-owens/

Addressing critical needs driven by the dynamic world of #techDocs, Manny Silva has created Docs as Tests, a system that integrates well-developed #techComms practices and a collection of engineering tooling to help #technicalWriters streamline and constantly improve their software #documentation and #QA work.

This was a fun chat with a deeply experienced Silicon Valley #content veteran. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

https://ellessmedia.com/csi/manny-silva/

Much of the conversation around AI lately is about #neuroSymbolic systems that combine neural-network tech like #LLMs and symbolic AI like #knowledgeGraphs.

Frank van Harmelen's puts his AI research in the larger context of how these technical systems can best support #people.

While some in the AI world seek to replace #humans with machines, Frank focuses on AI systems that collaborate with people to create #hybridIntelligence.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/frank-van-harmelen/

As the founder of @wikidata, @vrandecic has thought a lot about how to better connect the world's knowledge.

His current project is Abstract Wikipedia, an initiative that aims to let anyone anywhere on the planet contribute to, and benefit from, the world's collective knowledge, in their native language.

It's an ambitious goal, but Denny is confident that Wikimedia community can make it happen.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/denny-vrandecic/

Denny Vrandečić: Abstract Wikipedia connecting the world's knowledge

Denny Vrandečić aims to better connect the world's knowledge with the Abstract Wikipedia project.

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Modern content systems are complex and abstract, presenting problems for managers who want to understand how their content is performing.

At Autogram, Jeff Eaton and Karen McGrane have developed a #contentObservability framework to address this complexity.

Their framework evaluates the composition, quality, health, and effectiveness of content programs to help enterprises measure the return on their content investment, their #contentROI.

https://ellessmedia.com/csi/jeff-eaton-2/