Friday, 27 March 2009

Web 3.0

Web 3.0 is the next step in technology.
"Web 3.0 will make tasks like your search for movies and food faster and easier. Instead of multiple searches, you might type a complex sentence or two in your Web 3.0 browser, and the Web will do the rest. In our example, you could type "I want to see a funny movie and then eat at a good Mexican restaurant. What are my options?" The Web 3.0 browser will analyze your response, search the Internet for all possible answers, and then organize the results for you."
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm
Many of these experts believe that the Web 3.0 browser will act like a personal assistant. As you search the Web, the browser learns what you are interested in. The more you use the Web, the more your browser learns about you and the less specific you'll need to be with your questions. Eventually you might be able to ask your browser open questions like "where should I go for lunch?" Your browser would consult its records of what you like and dislike, take into account your current location and then suggest a list of restaurants.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm

2 comments:

  1. I'm not sure I'd trust it to filter search results exactly as I'd want them. Simply because past experiences of "Suggestions for you" don't seem to be entirely relevant all the time.

    Maybe I just don't trust a computer to do seemingly more "human" tasks as I think I can do a better job myself but nonetheless, I wouldn't be comfortable letting the web 3.0 do all the work for me as I don't think the complexities about my decision of where to eat and what film to see can be fully understood by a computer, I'm having trouble accepting that it's possible!

    I'm not doubting that it sounds great, in theory, but in practice I need more convincing...

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  2. Also, is having the peak of human CMC development devoted to suggesting consumption choices rather than making us do the evaluation a worthy goal?

    What sort of determinism is this?

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