He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) - New York Times
This is one of the most brilliant applications of search and AI technology I have ever heard of. If you read the article, you will see that there are definite limits in terms of how well the computers can interpret the data that they gather, but on the other hand, if computers can be used to gather the data and present it in graphical format (with limited instruction from human editors) then much of the drudgery of locating and compiling statistics can be eliminated. The article gives the example of a book on market projects for bath mats in India, which would be of limited interest, but if you were in the bath mat business this book might be extremely useful considering the size and population of India. Fascinating!
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