by Sporkleet » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:18 pm
slow, yes, useful, so far not so much, but the potential is there. I would say give it another two years for the technology to come to speed and I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this get folded into google, or what ever search engine is the top dog of the moment. Technology is always forced into a more human approach, be it ergonomics or user friendly GUI with bright flashing colored lights (people are like fish they are attracted and hooked on something shiny that moves about) the sensation of a person interactively assisting you could be the next big thing in web reference. I will definitly be using this more often. (could use a larger results window, the small area combined with the faded edge is a bit cumbersome, only able to clearly read three results at best)
*grabs a board with a nail in it, to use as a weapon* One thing haunts me, artificial intelligence. It would be perfectly safe if it is developed in a lab at MIT, where it can be restrained to protect humans not kill them etc and all that 3 laws crap. Face it if AI ever gets developed its not going to be in a lab. Its going to be an intelligent mobile phone that downloaded a rouge edited file from The Sims game that makes the phone self aware about its own needs and how best to go about meeting those needs and one thing to another next thing you know humans are being slaughtered by arrogant microwaves demanding larger lcd screens to better communicate how it should best be able to pop your popcorn. In all honesty, this looks like a joke but what if AI did develop outside of a controlled environment? How many years or decades would pass before we see what is happening?
The secret is that there is no spoon... that there is no fork... there is only the spork.