I want omniscience. Until then, I build tools for people to use on massive collections of free-text information. "Free Text" is the latest of those tools. All conventional database systems (that I know of) fall short in one or more ways:
ΓÇó they require ΓÇ£cleanΓÇ¥ input data, in highly structured formats;
ΓÇó they break down if applied to files larger than a few megabytes;
ΓÇó they are intolerably slow in answering simple queries;
ΓÇó they do not allow easy, interactive free-association and browsing;
ΓÇó they are not integrated with writing or programming tools;
ΓÇó they demand too much work to get data into the system;
ΓÇó they lack a user interface fit for an intelligent being;
ΓÇó they cost too much, or only run on expensive/exotic hardware.