Google Android: A Good Old Fashioned Conscious Monopoly
June 19, 2016
I read “Android Inventor Andy Rubin Thinks the Future of Smartphones Might Be a Single AI.” That is an efficient way to view a digital ecosystem. Now I have zero idea if the write up is accurate, but I like the idea of a smart monopoly. Hey, monopolies are good for those who have one. A smart monopoly is like the cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae made of money, power, and control.
The write up informs me:
Rubin said a combination of quantum computing and AI advancements could yield a conscious intelligence that would underpin every piece of technology. “If you have computing that is as powerful as this could be, you might only need one,” Rubin says. “It might not be something you carry around; it just has to be conscious.”
The write up includes this comment attributed to the Google wizard:
“You shouldn’t be worrying about Skynet coming online. You should be worrying about what it means to compute at these magnitudes.”
Very parental. I like the “should” and the coy reference to Skynet and robots. I love the Alphabet Google thing. Those silly folks yapping about skewed Clinton search results and the Trump-Hitler hits, the hassles with the EU, and the advertising focus are misunderstanding the value of a conscious, single artificial intelligence. I get it. Nothing to worry about.
Stephen E Arnold, June
Stephen E Arnold, June 19, 2016
Comments
-
- Subscribe to Beyond Search
Feature archive
News archive
-
