Humans v. algorithms: Search edition

ReadWrite Web has posted a rough transcript of a conversation between the advocates of rival search-engine technologies: Wikio founder and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Mahalo’s Jason Calacanis. Wikio is an attempt by Wales to create an open, user-generated search algorithm, while Mahalo uses people to power their search results. It’s a pretty interesting conversation about two of the most interesting projects trying to take down Google.

Update: Wikia is the search engine; Wikio is something else (thanks, Jim).

’Nother update: Apparently, Wikio, which was originally attributed to Wales in the story I link to above, is a startup by former Netvibes CEO Pierre Chappaz. ReadWrite Web has corrected their post.