Re: I am the Google

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 14:10:11 MST

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    Adrian Tymes wrote:
    > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:

    > ...and this is a new sensation for you?
    >
    > Devil's advocate: it's not reliable. Not all the answers are out there,
    > and even if they are, finding them can be impossible if you don't know
    > the proper terms. At best, it's an assitant to classical learning and
    > knowledge - albeit a potentially very powerful one when it works.

    Perhaps my young friend Adrian has forgotten how
    information was gathered in the old days. Our best
    analog to the net was a large building where the
    information was printed on paper. This information
    was sometimes unreliable, often incomplete and
    nearly always outdated. Our best analog to google
    was a big wooden cabinet with paper cards that
    might or might not help one find the info one
    needed.

    Living in the 21st century waaay doesn't suck.

    spike



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