I will resist the kneejerk 'oh you can't automate that because humans are special snowflakes' aspect that I'm sure will be well covered by others.
What concerns me about this is factual accuracy. It seems to me that these books, while they may compile information, would have to be incapable of doing anything but, at best, providing the consensus about a certain topic. This type of system could also most likely be used to easily manufacture consensus which might be even more worrisome.
I'd bet $100 that he could set this system on any psychology/sociology topic and it would be hailed as an innovator.
What concerns me about this is factual accuracy. It seems to me that these books, while they may compile information, would have to be incapable of doing anything but, at best, providing the consensus about a certain topic. This type of system could also most likely be used to easily manufacture consensus which might be even more worrisome.
I'd bet $100 that he could set this system on any psychology/sociology topic and it would be hailed as an innovator.