"That's the holy grail after all, if your smartphone, PC, or other computing device is not only aware of your external context but what you're thinking."
That's a the worst possible situation / my worst nightmare, not a holy grail. With good interfaces it is not at all necessary for my device to know anything about me, where I am or what I'm doing. As long as I know these things, I'll be quite capable of doing everything that needs doing without this "context aware" computing crap.
And does anyone think this can/will be done in a 100% secure manner? Almost everyone walking around with a device which tracks their location, their physical condition, and even with rudimentary brain-monitors. With all this information in the cloud. Who actually thinks that sounds like a good idea? I would be uncomfortable with anyone having that kind of access to myself and others, and certainly not a large company or any government.
Not to mention that AI machines will have the leg-up on us once they become "aware"... They will know what we like to do, eat, who/what we are attracted to... Once they are aware they will easily be able to control us...
OK the headline graphic for this article is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while. I can't help but envision a completely dazed and confused individual asking those questions one after the other while punching buttons on their cell phone looking for the answers ...
Basically It's a device for really old people with senile dementia aka Alzheimer's (as shown in a later picture). Also I didn't know they resurrected Lenin from the mausoleum to do presentations on remote controls oh wait, that's just Louis CK the stand up comedian doing a gig...
I just got to the "Sensing Human Gait" slide. They totally should have combined that with the first slide. Those blue alzheimer's bubbles from the first slide should be floating around that old guy's head ...
Replace the word "suggestions" with "advertisements" and "sensors" with "passive monitoring devices we can turn on remotely" and you've got it.
This is just a vector for enforcement. If a technology can be used to impose control, it will be used for that by a government whether the law permits it or not. If a technology can be used to gather information about someone with a wallet, it will be used for that by the Googles, AdSenses and Facebooks of the world whether the person consents or not. The only way to prevent that is to choose which technologies you allow into your life.
I don't want a device to suggest what I should do or where I should go. I can see companies lining up with bags of money to be the first suggestion on these devices. Many of the sheeple of the world probably won't mind it, but it's not for me.
it will be used for that by the Googles, AdSenses and Facebooks of the world whether the person consents or not. <strong><a href="http://www.tiffanybrandmall.com/">tiffany bracelets</a></strong> The only way to prevent that is to choose which technologies you allow into your life.
I don't like it either. I understand that technology constantly changes and becomes a bigger part of our lives, but it's always shown us HOW to do things and not WHAT to do.
I may be getting dumber because my GPS tells me how to get somewhere without me thinking, or when spell check tells me how to spell something. I accept that because I still decide what word I want to spell and where I want to go.
Allowing computers to make the executive decision and tell me what to do (based on advertising I'm sure) in the first place is pushing it too far.
Pointless. I like using my brain, thanks very much. I use my phone to communicate. I use my computer to work and play.
I don't need either my phone OR my computer thinking for me. This whole thing just reeks of targeted advertisement evolved--Google AdSense on steroids.
I don't think I want everything to guess what I want.
Having to make decisions is surely something that keeps your mind active, other than a retarded algorithim simply guessing what you want, and you going down the path of least resistance
Anandtech Re: Context-aware Computing, Intel Paints the Future of Devices:
Oh man... what a fscking huge sigh of relief! After reading the captions in the unassuming "inquisition," er "question" bubbles; the fsckin alarms of common-sense and the 4th amendment were off the charts loud!
Then I sighed and mentally prepared to write up a huge post; trying, begging... PLEADING for the sheep(le) to WAKE UP and stop accepting this SPYWARE "technology" into their lives like a virus. But WAIT, wtf is going on here?! The traditional zombified, fanboy'd, "new-tech" fanatic was absent from class today? Huh?! WOW I'm proud of everyone that clearly sees this and these types of "advancements" as nothing more than advances into OUR, PRIVATE, LIFE! You can barely do anything "anonymously" these days. Sh!t the word "anonymous" is as cliché as "right to privacy," lol. You can't merely post whatever you want and hide behind an IP or ISP; they'll whore your IP out as soon as any alleged allegations are rumored.
Anyhow, I'm just glad people (least these few) have some freakin SENSE about just what devices they are going to purchase in mass, which basically sets the status-quo for the majority. I do NOT want any type of device like said, that has the power to basically rat-out my whole private data-life/life-data™. This whole data, tied with "life," is becoming a reality. Being "off-line," is becoming more and more antiquated and socially unacceptable or at least an annoying faux pas. Soon, very soon, your employer will REQUIRE you to have a device like this and actively use it... All the while you literally have NO CLUE who could be man-in-the-middling YOUR "life-data" activities; the FBI has done it for years to suspected/known mafia members’ phones.
Yes folks, the slippery slope of “online privacy” is starting to steepen for “us.” Heck I don’t even want to bother with a “Droid” type phone, until I know for sure that every function in it is “SECURE(D),” like anoperating system found on laptops/netbooks etc.
HAHA read this PLZ people! This is being sold as the problem; “chemical hazards,” the expected reaction; “oooh danger, mysterious chemicals, randomly!?!??” Then the controllers of society (AT&* Vzn, Big Govt/Oil etc.) provide you with THEIR solution; your phone will basically actively sense what “chemicals” you’re in the vicinity of, then ALERT “other” nearby phones (peers) that YOU are in an alleged “danger zone,” thus your peers now flea from YOU! Oh and don’t forget, the city/county’s “agents,” will also be ALERTED, cept, they’ll be COMING 4 YOU, lol!
Now let’s reapply this through the reality-filter; your phone will actively monitor what SUBSTANCES you’re around (drugs etc.), and the police/authority of some kind will be alerted and you will be either one of all of the following: apprehended, sequestered, fined and more than likely censored in your attempts to explain. Your peers (see family etc.) will be alerted and thus the digital-Scarlet lettering begins! Bet the local news will get their bit from your unfortunate humiliation. Yes these are going to be the NEW technological “advancements,” in your advancing technocracy. Lol yep sounds crazy, but so did the idea of “democracy,” in the Dark-Ages… The cycle is about to repeat itself folks… vote wisely… *coughronpaulcough*
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Quantumboredom - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
"That's the holy grail after all, if your smartphone, PC, or other computing device is not only aware of your external context but what you're thinking."That's a the worst possible situation / my worst nightmare, not a holy grail. With good interfaces it is not at all necessary for my device to know anything about me, where I am or what I'm doing. As long as I know these things, I'll be quite capable of doing everything that needs doing without this "context aware" computing crap.
And does anyone think this can/will be done in a 100% secure manner? Almost everyone walking around with a device which tracks their location, their physical condition, and even with rudimentary brain-monitors. With all this information in the cloud. Who actually thinks that sounds like a good idea? I would be uncomfortable with anyone having that kind of access to myself and others, and certainly not a large company or any government.
anactoraaron - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
Not to mention that AI machines will have the leg-up on us once they become "aware"... They will know what we like to do, eat, who/what we are attracted to... Once they are aware they will easily be able to control us...bji - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
OK the headline graphic for this article is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while. I can't help but envision a completely dazed and confused individual asking those questions one after the other while punching buttons on their cell phone looking for the answers ...nermie - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
This way if you get hit in the head and suffer amnesia, you can resync your brain with the cloud using Intel's new phone.Perisphetic - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
Basically It's a device for really old people with senile dementia aka Alzheimer's (as shown in a later picture). Also I didn't know they resurrected Lenin from the mausoleum to do presentations on remote controls oh wait, that's just Louis CK the stand up comedian doing a gig...AnnonymousCoward - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
Hilarious.bji - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
I just got to the "Sensing Human Gait" slide. They totally should have combined that with the first slide. Those blue alzheimer's bubbles from the first slide should be floating around that old guy's head ...JTKTR - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
I've fallen and I can't get up.Spazweasel - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
Replace the word "suggestions" with "advertisements" and "sensors" with "passive monitoring devices we can turn on remotely" and you've got it.This is just a vector for enforcement. If a technology can be used to impose control, it will be used for that by a government whether the law permits it or not. If a technology can be used to gather information about someone with a wallet, it will be used for that by the Googles, AdSenses and Facebooks of the world whether the person consents or not. The only way to prevent that is to choose which technologies you allow into your life.
prophet001 - Monday, September 27, 2010 - link
hmmyou stole my post lol
scary stuff.
personally, i don't want the machine (read liberal activist technophiles) to know my every move
and no.. it's not the bizhub that's going to take over the world.. it's the people behind the bizhub
ibudic1 - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
Every new technology can be used for good or bad - and it will be.Technology in itself is not good or bad. It is why it is being used. Personally I can't wait...
tkeoki - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - link
I see much more negative potential down this path than positive.Cal123 - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
I don't want a device to suggest what I should do or where I should go. I can see companies lining up with bags of money to be the first suggestion on these devices. Many of the sheeple of the world probably won't mind it, but it's not for me.britneys - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
it will be used for that by the Googles, AdSenses and Facebooks of the world whether the person consents or not. <strong><a href="http://www.tiffanybrandmall.com/">tiffany bracelets</a></strong> The only way to prevent that is to choose which technologies you allow into your life.campbbri - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
I don't like it either. I understand that technology constantly changes and becomes a bigger part of our lives, but it's always shown us HOW to do things and not WHAT to do.I may be getting dumber because my GPS tells me how to get somewhere without me thinking, or when spell check tells me how to spell something. I accept that because I still decide what word I want to spell and where I want to go.
Allowing computers to make the executive decision and tell me what to do (based on advertising I'm sure) in the first place is pushing it too far.
synaesthetic - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
Pointless. I like using my brain, thanks very much. I use my phone to communicate. I use my computer to work and play.I don't need either my phone OR my computer thinking for me. This whole thing just reeks of targeted advertisement evolved--Google AdSense on steroids.
I have enough commercials in my life.
darckhart - Thursday, September 16, 2010 - link
when can i plug this into a robot and have it go to work for me?piroroadkill - Friday, September 17, 2010 - link
I don't think I want everything to guess what I want.Having to make decisions is surely something that keeps your mind active, other than a retarded algorithim simply guessing what you want, and you going down the path of least resistance
the individual - Monday, September 20, 2010 - link
So, when first terminators are shipping?v12v12 - Friday, October 1, 2010 - link
Anandtech Re: Context-aware Computing, Intel Paints the Future of Devices:Oh man... what a fscking huge sigh of relief! After reading the captions in the unassuming "inquisition," er "question" bubbles; the fsckin alarms of common-sense and the 4th amendment were off the charts loud!
Then I sighed and mentally prepared to write up a huge post; trying, begging... PLEADING for the sheep(le) to WAKE UP and stop accepting this SPYWARE "technology" into their lives like a virus. But WAIT, wtf is going on here?! The traditional zombified, fanboy'd, "new-tech" fanatic was absent from class today? Huh?! WOW I'm proud of everyone that clearly sees this and these types of "advancements" as nothing more than advances into OUR, PRIVATE, LIFE! You can barely do anything "anonymously" these days. Sh!t the word "anonymous" is as cliché as "right to privacy," lol. You can't merely post whatever you want and hide behind an IP or ISP; they'll whore your IP out as soon as any alleged allegations are rumored.
Anyhow, I'm just glad people (least these few) have some freakin SENSE about just what devices they are going to purchase in mass, which basically sets the status-quo for the majority. I do NOT want any type of device like said, that has the power to basically rat-out my whole private data-life/life-data™. This whole data, tied with "life," is becoming a reality. Being "off-line," is becoming more and more antiquated and socially unacceptable or at least an annoying faux pas. Soon, very soon, your employer will REQUIRE you to have a device like this and actively use it... All the while you literally have NO CLUE who could be man-in-the-middling YOUR "life-data" activities; the FBI has done it for years to suspected/known mafia members’ phones.
Yes folks, the slippery slope of “online privacy” is starting to steepen for “us.” Heck I don’t even want to bother with a “Droid” type phone, until I know for sure that every function in it is “SECURE(D),” like anoperating system found on laptops/netbooks etc.
Here, take a look at what these lunatics in the psych world call Problem-Reaction-Solution: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-06/comi...
HAHA read this PLZ people! This is being sold as the problem; “chemical hazards,” the expected reaction; “oooh danger, mysterious chemicals, randomly!?!??” Then the controllers of society (AT&* Vzn, Big Govt/Oil etc.) provide you with THEIR solution; your phone will basically actively sense what “chemicals” you’re in the vicinity of, then ALERT “other” nearby phones (peers) that YOU are in an alleged “danger zone,” thus your peers now flea from YOU! Oh and don’t forget, the city/county’s “agents,” will also be ALERTED, cept, they’ll be COMING 4 YOU, lol!
Now let’s reapply this through the reality-filter; your phone will actively monitor what SUBSTANCES you’re around (drugs etc.), and the police/authority of some kind will be alerted and you will be either one of all of the following: apprehended, sequestered, fined and more than likely censored in your attempts to explain. Your peers (see family etc.) will be alerted and thus the digital-Scarlet lettering begins! Bet the local news will get their bit from your unfortunate humiliation. Yes these are going to be the NEW technological “advancements,” in your advancing technocracy. Lol yep sounds crazy, but so did the idea of “democracy,” in the Dark-Ages… The cycle is about to repeat itself folks… vote wisely… *coughronpaulcough*
WAKE UP! ;-)
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