Google CEO: 'Devices' will be things of the past

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Post by trekkering » Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 1:14 PM UTC

Google CEO: 'Devices' will be things of the past
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Re: Google CEO: 'Devices' will be things of the past

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Post by rigobert_slim » Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 2:38 PM UTC

Doesn't it feel like this particular use of artificial intelligence is just a way of stopping general purpose computing in the marketplace?

I mean "artificial intelligence" would still need to be licensed by the user at the end of the day. Does no devices mean no ownership?

Re: Google CEO: 'Devices' will be things of the past

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Post by usloth » Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

rigobert_slim wrote: post #2

Doesn't it feel like this particular use of artificial intelligence is just a way of stopping general purpose computing in the marketplace? I mean "artificial intelligence" would still need to be licensed by the user at the end of the day. Does no devices mean no ownership?

Great Questions. This is a huge paradigm shift that will cause a ton of growing pains for the tech industry and governments. A simple case study would that of Uber and their adoption of non-government based background checks. Is it in our best interest for the government to perform the background checks for drivers? Who knows...but problems like these need answers.