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Is Google's Future: Star Trek?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Computer, mod me up! by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Make it so. :)

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    1. Re:Computer, mod me up! by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

      A binary only runtime license to mod you up will shortly be availiable for $699.

      --Darl McBride

  2. I can see it already... by MoxCamel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Captain: Tea, hot, Earl grey.
    Computer: Did you mean Hot Teen URL's

  3. Let the ST jokes fly by MasTRE · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    Must-not-watch TV!
  4. Re:Quantum Searching by DoNotTauntHappyFunBa · · 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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    Well, hey, I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
  5. Googleliza by hoggoth · · 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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