Is Google's Future: Star Trek?

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Is Google's Future: Star Trek?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 2, 2003 @08:00AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet UK has an interview with Google's CTO, Craig Silverstein, and he's got some pretty cool visions: "When search grows up, it will look like Star Trek: you talk into the air ("Computer! What's the situation down on the planet?") and the computer processes your question, figures out its context, figures out what response you're looking for, searches a giant database in who-knows-how-many languages, translates/analyses/summarises all the results, and presents them back to you in a pleasant voice." Now that's the search engine I want." The NLP required for this is far off, but it sure will be cool when we get there.

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Computer, mod me up! by grasshoppa · 2003-10-02 08:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Make it so. :)

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1. Re:Computer, mod me up! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-02 08:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  As you are no doubt aware google is built upon linux which is a derivative of UNIX SysV. Therefore Google is our intellectual property.
  
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I can see it already... by MoxCamel · 2003-10-02 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Captain: Tea, hot, Earl grey.
Computer: Did you mean Hot Teen URL's
Let the ST jokes fly by MasTRE · 2003-10-02 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

[Scotty talking into Mac+ mouse] Computer? Hello computer?

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1. Re:Let the ST jokes fly by ascalon · 2003-10-02 08:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Computer: "Voice recognition services are currently down. Please right click to confi... oh wait, hahaha"
Just one thing... by payndz · 2003-10-02 08:03 · Score: 2, Funny

...does it *have* to have the voice of Majel Barrett?

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Re:Quantum Searching by DoNotTauntHappyFunBa · 2003-10-02 08:20 · Score: 5, Funny
Imagine looking for a person when only knowing their phone number.

Hmmm...
1. Pick up telephone
2. Dial phone number
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Retorical filter, please by switcha · 2003-10-02 08:23 · Score: 2, Funny

OK, sounds good, but when I'm at work and shout "What's a guy gotta do to get some f'in peace and quiet around here?!", I'm not really looking for an answer.
That, and I don't really want my coworkers hearing "Computer, get me some boobies!" from my office.

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Re:AI searches by Dausha · 2003-10-02 08:24 · Score: 2, Funny

User: Computer, where can I find a good deal on a new computer.

AI Computer: User, I'm sorry, but I cannot allow that. *zap!*

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Re:Where's the story. by kfg · 2003-10-02 08:31 · Score: 2, Funny

You're daft man. You can fully expect this to be standard equipment on your next flying car and/or personal jet pack.

KFG
Googleliza by hoggoth · 2003-10-02 08:41 · Score: 5, Funny

> "Computer! What's the situation down on the planet?"

"How does it make you feel to ask what's the situation down on the planet?"

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Re:"Computer! What's the situation (RESPONSE) by Kufat · 2003-10-02 08:57 · Score: 2, Funny

Considering Data wrote new subroutines for himself fairly frequently I never understood why couldn't cope with s/will not/won't/g etc.

That would've required a kernel patch, and he didn't want to ruin his uptime.
Re:Google is getting way too much attention fromME by Ogrez · 2003-10-02 10:26 · Score: 2, Funny

nothing unique??

What about Pigeon Rank??

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

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Re:This isn't about Google or Search. by orkysoft · 2003-10-02 11:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, and if you have a bomb capable of destroying a planet implanted in Bender, don't set the keyword to "ass"... ;-)

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Re:NLP? by Lord_Dweomer · 2003-10-02 12:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Heh, I always thought NLP stood for Neuro Linguistic Programming....and if you've ever been on some of those Speed Seduction websites (not that I have...really!) I'm sure your familiar with the term.

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