Denny Vrandečić - Head of Special Projects at Wikimedia Foundation

OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:46 Introduction
01:34 What's The Relationship Between Wikimedia and Wikipedia?
02:02 Denny's Professional Background & Current Role
05:32 What is The Semantic Web?
07:58 Original Proposal For The Web vs The Semantic Web
14:12 When Denny Locked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The Inventor of The Web, In His Car
15:09 What Is A Knowledge Graph?
19:57 About The New Project, Abstract Wikipedia
30:06 Using Functions vs LLMs for Language Translations
40:19 Using AI For Accessibility
44:14 World Models vs. Large Language Models
51:25 How To Support Wikipedia & Contact Denny
54:13 Wrap Up

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EPISODE LINKS:

Wikipedia
https://www.wikipedia.org

Wikimedia Foundation
https://wikimediafoundation.org

Abstract Wikipedia
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia

Contact Denny Vrandečić
https://mas.to/@vrandecic

Denny Vrandečić on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrandecic/

Denny Vrandečić on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/vrandezo