TEDxCARDIFF: Google Consciousness - Maf Lewis, Rome Viharo

http://www.googleconsciousness.com In this talk, Social Media strategists and developers Rome Viharo and Maf Lewis reveal the likelihood that Google's search algorithm may already be sentient, what it means, and what it represents as a metaphor for collective problem solving.

Mentioned are Egypt 2.0, Revolution 2.0, Guillermo Arevalo, Francois Demange, Daniel Dennet, Francis Heylighen, The Shipibo of Peru and Ayahuasca.

Wikileaks, Anonymous,Facebook, Wikipedia, 4chan, Reddit, Stumbleupon, Google, Rene Descarte, Dualism, Global Brain movement are also referenced in the talk.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• cardiff
• wales
• English
• TEDxCARDIFF
• technology
• entertainment
• design
• science
• business
• education
• global issues
• activism
• social change
• politics
• Rome Viharo
• Maf Lewis
• Media Social
• anonymous
• wikileaks
• Social Media
• Google
• SEO
• consciousness
• Daniel Dennet
• Francis Heylighen
• ayahuasca
• Reddit
• Stumbleupon
• 4chan
• revolution 2.0
• egypt 2.0
• lulzsec

[MasterDarkarbiter]

Not google is conscious, but google is conscious of what is going on on the internet.

Doesn't sound so impressive then does it?

[2bsirius]

Brilliant ideas...Unfortunately, I'm not sure that it continued to translate into the amelioration of the situation in Egypt, but amazing stuff nevertheless!

[tumpampeters]

well word! sweet insight! and its a very hopefull discovery as well! thank You Rome! :)

/Robin T P coffee man

[iPanTyphon]

Great video. Google is what I'd call pre-, or proto-conscious.

Also, I recommend video's by Clay Shirky.

[springeeljim]

The net facilitated this open spread of ideas and social media is a significant component of the general intellectual movement now going on, but I'm not convinced it can play a central role in any subsequent reorganisation of society. Things online happen fast; conflict resolution by ordinary citizens on Wikipedia would be a step in the direction of the entire world deciding to start a more sane society based on cooperation; if we choose to we can make government, money and borders irrelevant.

[AKAOJ]

Icelands citizens are building their new constitution through Facebook.

[texme]

The idea of a country is an obsolete idea, lets look to be "post political" and Anonymous.

[wartech0100]

Don't flatter yourself google... The internet as a whole could be thought of as a singular conscious being much like the brain. The reason I think its like this is because its ran and used by conscious entities (Humans). So its not so much the internet being conscious its more about a collective intelligence of human beings. It's like the beginning of a hive-mind. Wake me up when you connect two human brains as a singular entity to the point of thoughts being valid communication.

[Rome]

@m1ndwrapper - explain? I'm trying to assume your not being condescending but it's really difficult giving you the benefit of the doubt. perhaps there is something you would like to address directly?

[m1ndwrapper]

@Rome

" to us it's just a metaphor to talk about collective intelligence and where it could lead in the very near future"

ah yes, yes... lol