One of my vivid memories of life before smartphones was Googling lyrics to identify music I'd just heard but couldn't recognize. Now that I can simply hold out my arm and gain that same knowledge, as a wizard would, I like to imagine that my phone itself is Googling the lyrics, which has made me suspect that actually typing out Google searches will soon become obsolete, tomorrow's version of printing out directions from MapQuest: With all the devices constantly watching me and listening to me, and all the software that promises to predict what I want before I even know, won't a computer soon be doing all this Googling for me?
#29: Does A.I. Dream of Electric People?
#29: Does A.I. Dream of Electric People?
#29: Does A.I. Dream of Electric People?
One of my vivid memories of life before smartphones was Googling lyrics to identify music I'd just heard but couldn't recognize. Now that I can simply hold out my arm and gain that same knowledge, as a wizard would, I like to imagine that my phone itself is Googling the lyrics, which has made me suspect that actually typing out Google searches will soon become obsolete, tomorrow's version of printing out directions from MapQuest: With all the devices constantly watching me and listening to me, and all the software that promises to predict what I want before I even know, won't a computer soon be doing all this Googling for me?