[Rumor] Google Developing New Search Tech that Will Know What You Want Before You Ask

I'm with CK on this one. I feel that this whole concept could be incredibly useful for a lot of people. However, the implications for privacy (or lack thereof) are potentially frightening. We can't forget that Google is a publicly traded company, and it's unnerving to think about how much information they've collected on each of us via their plethora of services. Sure, predictive search is a cool idea, but at what cost would you be willing to enable it?

 

On one hand it's kind of cool but after watching all those Sci-Fi movies about machines, artificial-intelligence, and the end-of-the-world it makes me cringe a little bit. If a machine can predict with high efficiency what people are thinking and create these complex psychological profiles when the machines do become self-aware we are S.O.L!

**This makes me curious to see what's supposed to happen in 12/21/2012... if anything.... probably just another y2k type of hype where nothing noticeable happens.

 

tthe concept is incredibly clever. But the real world application (from my point of view) is that it seems to sacrifice plenty of privacy in order to be a little bit lazier. And while it's VERY unlikely that the info they collect would have any sort of negative impact on most lives, it's still kinda spooky to think what COULD come of it

 

Here's the thing tho, Google Now is already similar to this. When I put the JB leak on my phone, and used Google Now for the first time, it took info from searches, location, from GPS routes and gave me info I never asked for. Google Now has default settings that already does similar to this. At first I was like wtf....then I was like ohh ok, thanks Google!! lol. Now I get weather, game scores, GPS routes. I can set it to give me much more info, public transportation info would be my main use if I didnt have pdf's of schedules already on my phone.

If people dont have a problem with Google Now, why have a problem with this?

 

And soon we'll have a PreCrime police force.

Tom Cruise, where are you?

<hoping Google Goggles doesn't predict Tom Cruise will be jumping on Oprah's couch>

 

How many of us are currently feeding this beast via Ingress?

 

Re: [Rumor] Google Developing New Search Tech that Will Know What You Want Before

Yeah, Google already started this with Google now. I have Google now setup on my GNex. I was on my laptop an hour ago, and I googled "Millersville, MD" in my Firefox Google toolbar just to find out where that town is in relation to me. I just went and grabbed my phone, and I have a new Google now notification for estimated travel time to Millersville, MD lol creepy!

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Or you drive by a nearby hotel and suddenly your phone calls an "escort service" to schedule an "appointment"...