Web Intelligence (WI) 3.0: in search of a better-connected world to create a future intelligent society
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Over the past two decades, Web Intelligence (WI) has emerged as a key field driving the evolution of AI in the connected world, addressing the demands of a future intelligent society. This paper provides a comprehensive review of WI’s contributions since its inception in 2000, spanning three distinct phases: Wisdom World Wide Web (WI 1.0, 2000–2009), Wisdom Web of Things (WI 2.0, 2010–2017), and Wisdom Web of Everything (WI 3.0, since 2018). For each phase, we examine key advancements, challenges, and future directions from the perspectives of both intelligent machines and human experts, highlighting significant societal impacts. To advance WI research, we propose a large language model-based learning framework for topic analysis and trend prediction. Moving beyond single-perspective approaches, we emphasize the Connected Intelligence Ecosystem defined by the HIGH5 scheme comprising one goal, two twins, three fundamentals, four functions, and five services that are realized through WI 3.0. This vision serves as a bridge from localized models to a global reference framework for addressing sustainability challenges in future societies. To illustrate the real-world implications of WI 3.0, we present case studies focusing on brain-inspired research, particularly in the intersection of brain intelligence, brain health, and brainternet-fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across diverse research communities.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.005 | 0.007 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.007 | 0.013 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".