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The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com)
Thanks to cloud computing, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, we should start to think of the planet as one giant computer, according to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella. From a report: "Digital technology, pervasively, is getting embedded in every place: every thing, every person, every walk of life is being fundamentally shaped by digital technology -- it is happening in our homes, our work, our places of entertainment," said Nadella speaking in London. "It's amazing to think of a world as a computer. I think that's the right metaphor for us as we go forward."
[...] AI is core to Microsoft's strategy, Nadella said: "AI is the run time which is going to shape all of what we do going forward in terms of applications as well as the platform." Microsoft is rethinking its core products by using AI to connect them together, he said, giving an example of a meeting using translation, transcription, Microsoft's HoloLens and other devices to improve decision-making. "The idea that you can now use all of the computing power that is around you -- this notion of the world as a computer -- completely changes how you conduct a meeting and fundamentally what presence means for a meeting," he said.
[...] AI is core to Microsoft's strategy, Nadella said: "AI is the run time which is going to shape all of what we do going forward in terms of applications as well as the platform." Microsoft is rethinking its core products by using AI to connect them together, he said, giving an example of a meeting using translation, transcription, Microsoft's HoloLens and other devices to improve decision-making. "The idea that you can now use all of the computing power that is around you -- this notion of the world as a computer -- completely changes how you conduct a meeting and fundamentally what presence means for a meeting," he said.
And here I thought the network is the computer
Time to offend someone
You could have just said * (which is ASCII 42)
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
The world may have a massive collection of computers. Huge sums of those machines are in cloud computing. But they are all separate. When all of them are connected and act as one, having access to everything all at once, then we will have a world computer. That moment is not now.
- We dream of the stars. Now let us return to them.
Is this the beginning of the real life Borg, right here at home? I, for one, welcome our new Collective overlords who, being a collective, cannot possibly be as evil as the dictatorial monopolies and tribes we have now.
Imagine a worldwide BSOD.
In a world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king--and the two-eyed man is a heretic.
There is a common tendency among experts of every domain to absolutize their field : particle physicists tend to make every physical effect into a particle. Evolutionary biologists try to explain every behaviour as a result of natural selection. Clinical psychologists make everything a result of their chosen theory of mental health. Economists make economics the ultimate cause and solution of every human problem. When you spend your entire life digging deeply into one topic, you start to see the world through the lens of your expertise. Sometimes this can lead to great discoveries. But it often leads to harmful overgeneralizations, or making a fool of yourself in public. This is one of those latter cases.
I find him a lot like Bill Gates, for good or bad.
Table-ized A.I.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a fucking idiot.
The world is a computer and it's running Window's Vista.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
It's so unrelated to the concept he is trying to describe - that (primarily the citizens of advanced nations) encounter or operate some sort of microcontroller or computer so many times in their daily life that they can be considered ubiquitous and having a great impact on our life - that it's not a useful metaphor nor phrase.
Pick any other technology that's done the same. Like, I dunno, cars.
"It's amazing to think of a world as a car. I think that's the right metaphor for us as we go forward."
Look how stupid that sounds. Same with just about every other transformational technology; radio, tv, cell phones, airplanes, etc. It's not a useful abstraction or insightful discussion point. It's pure pablum.
I just hope that nobody decides to reboot. That would mean 4.5 billion years down the drain.
As an aside, can somebody improve my memory retrieval function? It has been having some issues lately.