Mike, Google has had basically no impact on the AGI thinking of myself or 95% of the other serious AGI researchers I know...
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > [You'll note that arguably the single greatest influence on people's > thoughts about AGI here is Google - basically Google search - and that > still means to most text search. However, video search & other kinds of > image search [along with online video broadcasting] are already starting to > transform the way we think about the world in an equally powerful way - and > will completely transform thinking about AGI. This is from the Google blog]. > > The future of online video 9/16/2008 06:25:00 AM > The Internet has had an enormous impact on people's lives around the world > in the ten years since Google's founding. It has changed politics, > entertainment, culture, business, health care, the environment and just > about every other topic you can think of. Which got us to thinking, what's > going to happen in the next ten years? How will this phenomenal technology > evolve, how will we adapt, and (more importantly) how will it adapt to us? > We asked ten of our top experts this very question, and during September > (our 10th anniversary month) we are presenting their responses. As > computer scientist Alan Kay has famously observed, the best way to predict > the future is to invent it, so we will be doing our best to make good on our > experts' words every day. - Karen Wickre and Alan Eagle, series editors > > Ten years ago the world of online video was little more than an idea. It > was used mostly by professionals like doctors or lawyers in limited and > closed settings. Connections were slow, bandwidth was limited, and video > gear was expensive and bulky. There were many false starts and outlandish > promises over the years about the emergence of online video. It was really > the dynamic growth of the Internet (in terms of adoption, speed and > ubiquity) that helped to spur the idea that online video - millions of > people around the world shooting it, uploading it, viewing it via broadband > - was even possible. > > Today, there are thousands of different video sites and services. In fact > it's getting to be unusual not to find a video component on a news, > entertainment or information website. And in less than three years, YouTube > has united hundreds of millions of people who create, share, and watch video > online. What used to be a gap between "professional" entertainment companies > and home movie buffs has disappeared. Everyone from major broadcasters and > networks to vloggers and grandmas are taking to video to capture events, > memories, stories, and much more in real time. > > Today, 13 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and we > believe the volume will continue to grow exponentially. Our goal is to allow > every person on the planet to participate by making the upload process as > simple as placing a phone call. This new video content will be available on > any screen - in your living room, or on your device in your pocket. YouTube > and other sites will bring together all the diverse media which matters to > you, from videos of family and friends to news, music, sports, cooking and > much, much more. > > In ten years, we believe that online video broadcasting will be the most > ubiquitous and accessible form of communication. The tools for video > recording will continue to become smaller and more affordable. Personal > media devices will be universal and interconnected. Even more people will > have the opportunity to record and share even more video with a small group > of friends or everyone around the world. > > Over the next decade, people will be at the center of their video and media > experience. More and more consumers will become creators. We will continue > to help give people unlimited options and access to information, and the > world will be a smaller place. > > Posted by Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder, YouTube > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
