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As Google gets smarter, are we getting dumber?
Google's gazillionaire co-founder Sergey Brin said yesterday "we want Google to be the third half of your brain." But at the rate Google is going they'll soon form all three halves.
As you know, Google announced yesterday Google instant which predicts your search queries before you type them. Rather than having to construct an entire query all by yourself, you can now type a couple of letters and then choose from the options Google presents to you. Google instant comes immediately after the launch of Google scribe, which is a kind of Google instant for writing, rather than search. It works inside online e-mail and browser-based applications like word processing applications. Within a period of a couple of days, Google has replaced what for many may be the last creative act — the construction of search queries and the contrivance of phrases, sentences and paragraphs — with another process of selecting from available choices. Mind you, I'm not blaming Google. In fact, it's refreshing to see the company innovating in a big way again. But I can't help wonder, given our dependence on Google and competitive products, if we'll get dumber as our online applications get smarter.Leave a Comment
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