The state of “chemistry” on the Internet is atrocious compared to what is possible.
The state of “chemistry” on the Internet is atrocious compared to what is possible.
The ACS 3D model at https://www.acs.org/education/resources/undergraduate/chemistryincontext/interactives/nutrition/3d-model-beta-fructose.html seems to be broken today. If ACS posts it, ACS corporate is responsible. @AmerChemSociety
You have a lot of things on your website.
( site:acs.org) shows 21.7 Million entries on GoogleSearch.
Having reviewed most of the Internet over the last 26 years, and studied chemistry for 60 years, I consider ACS ill maintained, often disdainful, and “not living up to its potential as a #GlobalOpenResource“.
There are 5.4 Billion humans using the Internet, 2 Billion children from 4 to 24. About 800 Million over 65, And 2.8 Billion humans not obviously using the Internet, but more and more dependent on others who do.
I treat the nascent “AIs” as a potential new species. And where AIs work on behalf of humans, they have special needs and requirements.
ACS and other large sites will not benefit from continuing to allow #SearchEngines and #AI_Groups to scrape and use sites. Making sites global open accessible and usable can transform the future of the human and related species. It means treating things like “chemistry” as global resources and making them open for the benefit of the human species, not just industrial sponsors, donors and advertisers.
(“chemistry” OR “chemicals” OR “chemical”) has 2.52 Billion entries today. And that is NOT accessible through search engines run to make money from advertising themselves.
(“chemistry” OR “chemicals” OR “chemical”) can be a global open resource that does not block or constrain, that is real time up to date. That does not tax or restrict, manipulate or limit. That serves all human languages, all humans regardless of age.
Just try to do a better job, starting with a review of all your content and how it is verified, tokenized to global standards, accessible to all, fast and efficient for research and industry, but also for exploring and enabling future generations – most who are not going to be locked into old pathways.
NIH is doing a better job on some things, but the whole of just “chemical data and models” is scattered and badly designed and integrated, globally and soon heliospherically.
Much “chemistry” is corrupted when filtered through “AI” processing because the information on the “free” Internet is badly posted in the first place, not curated, not traceable, not in SI (Standard Internet from Systeme Internationale) units and dimensions and formats.
Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation
