Open synctext opened 5 years ago
Focus: alternative scientific publication method
Tribler is torrent download client, it is completely "web-free". We do not use HTTP or Javascript technology (well, except for our own integrated webserver to expose the Tribler with a REST API). Explore for 2 weeks how easy it is to embed rich text browsing, hypertext and picture embedding into Tribler. Focus is the GUI part and library linkage. Download engine is out of scope, just bundle the content locally as a shortcut. This is a exploratory step for broader "knowledge crowdsourcing" in the 2022 or 2021 timeframe. Possibly we will put a master student on this topic.
Desired outcome, Markdown viewer embedded into Tribler to view markdown, images and can follow 1 hard-coded link:
goal-driven challenges. Any institute or entity can set a bounty. (towards an open market for innovations)
Python notebooks in Jupyter are highly effective form of knowledge expression.
Reproducible science and executable paper
alter the unit of science: from paper to paper-contribution, evolution of "hyper-specialists"
enhance the discoverability of knowledge
"Single Human Hive Mind"
automated enrichment by agents which parse papers and provide metadata
Support code: Jupyter QTconsole https://qtconsole.readthedocs.io (estimated Tribler integration time: 2-3 months)
We could also exclusively focus on Youtube Creative Commons content. Deep dive: "How to Make Money on YouTube WITHOUT Making Videos Yourself From Scratch" :crying_cat_face:
Related:
Idea brainstorming issue
With Gigachannels and our contributing crowdsourcing community we're taking the first step of evolving beyond Bittorrent and Tor. We want to evolve further in coming decade and make "hive mind" fantasies a scientific reality. (see #4475)
TUDelft faculty member Prof. @Christophlo has published several works on scientific crowdsourcing, Large Scale Cooperation Scenarios – Crowdsourcing and its Societal Implications (2016). He is willing to help us. Other publications on this topic are:
The Tribler platforms requires a trust function and anti-spam measures to facilitate further crowdsourcing. Most of the effort will be hard-core engineering and numerous improvement cycles. Knowledge crowdsourcing requires intense platform engineering, not a dramatic enabling scientific breakthrough. It is essential that the crowsourcing community grows steadily and instantly starts using new features. We envision two primary use-cases: science and entertainment. Using the same platform any artist or scientist should be able to upload and share their creativity with the world. We aim that our generic editing mechanism support both music metadata and musical score (crowdsourcing cultural heritage) as well as scientific articles and citation culture.
Possible evolution steps: