Comments on: Google Odyssey 2012 – "I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that"

By: google ceo wants to control us - PoliticalGroove Forums

google ceo wants to control us - PoliticalGroove Forums — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:41:07 +0000

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By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:08:12 +0000

That’s just stupid. Sounds like someone needs to spend a little more time out of the Googleplex and get in touch with the fact that 99.9% of people find that idea silly at best and offensive at worst.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:16:01 +0000

@Fitness Guy: Agreed, there’s much more sophistication in systems nowadays, but it’s still a far cry from being able to take decisions out of our hands. Would you trust your local retailer (who has all your shopping patterns) to provide you with what they think you need? Wouldn’t you (and they) prefer that you headed down there and bought what YOU wanted?

By: Brian Chappell

Brian Chappell — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:12:07 +0000

No offense google but I like to decide for myself. Your not making my life any easier by telling me what I should do of off my past trends. That is ridiculous.

By: Fitness guy

Fitness guy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:57:50 +0000

I certainly don’t think we are that far off.

Just think how annoying the “extra” sales receipt you receive from the grocery store tracking your demographic and sales habits. Why would this be different?

By: SEO Refugee Blog

SEO Refugee Blog — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:39:47 +0000

“What job shall I take?” What the hell?…

Are you kidding me?

I mean seriously… who talks like that

By: Owen Cutajar

Owen Cutajar — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:26:33 +0000

I think we’re still far away from that point.

Granted, Google does a reasonable job of crunching data and turning it into information, and is making inroads in turning that information into knowledge .. however the step of turning knowledge into wisdom is a pretty huge jump, and can’t be attained purely by observation.

Just my 2p