"AI is a Distraction" -- Interview with Harry Halpin; CEO of NYM - By KryptoJoseph

HH: Semantic web, although pretty much a failed project now, is pretty interesting as it imagined we could get machines to process data in a way that is decentralized and thus extend our knowledge. The decentralized nature of Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web is very admirable. That being said, giving every single piece of data an identifier in a reliable way is unworkable with original web technology. I am quite a fan of blockchain in this respect, as it offers some level of decentralization and cryptography and thus provides a better bedrock for social computing than the traditional web. I've mostly moved on from my research of semantic web, as it's only been used by large corporations for knowledge graphs and surveillance.