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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(a)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(a)darpa.mil
Are there any reasons that trying to do this might be a bad idea?