'Star Trek' computer inspires future of Google search
Google's senior vice president of search was much more interested in talking about the sci-fi operating system than algorithms at South by Southwest.
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AUSTIN, Texas--At Google, the future of search looks an awful lot like something out of one of the iconic science fiction franchises of the past.
At least that's the impression given by Google's Amit Singhal when he was interviewed on-stage by Guy Kawasaki at
No matter how much Kawasaki prodded Singhal for insights into the inner workings of Google's algorithms, the senior vice president of search seemed far more interested in talking about his apparent obsession with the computer from "
"For those of you who have never watched an episode of 'Star Trek,' please go do that," Singhal implored the audience at one point.
For the purposes of enlightening the presumably rare Crave reader who is in that group of
Singhal said this is basically what his company is aiming for with
What Singhal envisions for the future of search is a world where we are all connected to that Star Trek computer
"It is everywhere; you can use it in any modality," which includes more convenient methods for ways to do a mobile search at moments when you can or can't talk out loud.
There was no talk of hard-wiring Google to our nervous systems to address this problem just yet, but the Google Now approach clearly is part of the solution as Singhal sees it.
When it does become time to connect our neurons to the great Google in the clouds, I'm sure my