Google Dismisses Sky Net. Bummer.
April 7, 2016
I was looking forward to running through the hollows of Kentucky in order to avoid killer machines.
After reading “Google’s Schmidt Says Computers Not a Threat to Humans of Jobs,” I have a very different future to ponder. I am confident that Google’s senior managers can predict or perhaps “shape” the future.
I learned from the write up:
You know those movies where the machines take over and the human race gets enslaved by computers? Pure applesauce, says Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
Hey, good news. And the source is certainly not going to predict something that may not work out. Forget the Orkut thing and the Boston Dynamics’ adventure, please. I suggested that the local day care center lease a couple of Google’s robotic dogs for the little children to love and enjoy.
I also learned:
Fears about computers run amok are the stuff of movies, he argued, and that the technology serves to help people not hurt them — including when it comes to things like income and employment. “I worry about inequality but there’s no evidence the stuff we do creates a permanent underclass,” said Schmidt…
I love it when my search results do not reflect what I put in quotes. Quotes are or were the way to tell the GOOG that I wanted an exact match. Same with using Google Maps to find a restaurant in Washington, DC in front of which I am standing. Google did not “know” about the eatery.
My fears? Unfounded. I believe everything Google presents to me. Don’t you?
Stephen E Arnold, April 7, 2016
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