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From: hwb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Howard Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: AI and Hypertext
Keywords: Intelligent Information Retrieval
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Date: 19 Jul 89 23:55:57 GMT
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What does hypertext have to do with AI?

I see very little going on in hypertext systems since 1> The relationships
among topics are hardwired by the hypertext document developers who
manually create links and likewise 2> The user must manually search
for information by selecting the appropriate links.  In other words,
the computer has very little to do with the organization and
retrieval of information, let alone anything even semi-intelligent.

So when I see advertisments for expert system shells including
hypertext capabilities, my expectations are raised only to find that
the hypertext portion has been used to create a glorified help section.