Re https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/publicpolicy/2016-April/001335.html
Should the Foundation mount a campaign to rescue BOLT from whomever took it down from the DARPA site?
"The Broad Operational Language Translation (BOLT) program is aimed at enabling communication with non-English-speaking populations and identifying important information in foreign-language sources by: 1) allowing English-speakers to understand foreign-language sources of all genres, including chat, messaging and informal conversation; 2) providing English-speakers the ability to quickly identify targeted information in foreign-language sources using natural-language queries; and 3) enabling multi-turn communication in text and speech with non-English speakers. If successful, BOLT would deliver all capabilities free from domain or genre limitations."
Program Manager: Dr. Boyan Onyshkevych
Contact: boyan.onyshkevych@darpa.mil
Here is another one that we need to rescue:
"The general goal of the Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program is to develop a new science of social networks built on an emerging technology base. Through the program, DARPA seeks to develop tools to support the efforts of human operators to counter misinformation or deception campaigns with truthful information."
Program Manager: Dr. Rand Waltzman
Contact: rand.waltzman@darpa.mil
Are there any reasons that trying to do this might be a bad idea?