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The Rise of the External Brain
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/0301/021909_Linden_Greg_250.large.jpg?1235077917&1235077917 "Geeky Ventures Founder Greg Linden")
From an entirely unexpected source, we begin to realize the dream of an external brain that supplements our knowledge, wisdom, and memories.
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(2)The reason why Google serves as an artificial intelligence tool is that Google is an artificial intelligence tool.
It does the same principle as any other intelligent system does:
- Links information of various types.
- Rates/Prioritizes information.
- Reads information.
- Forgets information.
- Use natural language to communicate.
- Uses feedback from other systems (e.g. humans, web sites etc.) to make decisions about reading, rating, forgetting/deleting information.
Dear Greg,
External brain is nothing more than what we perceive with our internal brain.
Undoubtedly, Google is the key in everything what we do outside our universe.
Google uses very fancy search engine algorithm hidden from public and it records everything what we are searching for...
Therefore, it is easy to generalize the fact that we no longer need to use our own brain, because Brother Google will take care of the rest.
Thank you !
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