computer vs. librarian face-off

who will win the reader’s advisory competition?  can we remove all forms of human contact?  just kidding, really!  via lifehacker, an introduction to Book Lamp, an algorithm formulated to suggest what you might want to read next based on analyzing scanned books along with amazon.com ratings.  it’s no surprise that their beta includes a mostly science fiction bent    will be interesting to watch the development of this tool.