Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Do we want this much help from our machines?

Yesterday it was computers that can read your mood from your expression. Now a laptop that listens to what you are watching and then creates social groups for you around the program... Do we want "them" doing this much social stuff for us?Advertising Age - Digital - Listen to This: Google Plan Lets Laptops Hear Your TV: "What if your laptop could eavesdrop on your TV? That's the scenario Google's serving up in a paper that describes how it could bring social networking as well as contextual content and advertising to TV viewing. "

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