Scary indeed. But every time I see something like this, I wonder whether David Brin might have been right in The Transparent Society, and whether things would be different if the caller had equal access to the clerk's records, the pizza place owner's record, the insurance company's officers' records, etc.
It all come down to whether information is controlled by the few, or by the many. I'd choose the lesser of the two evils, myself. And Brin hit the nail on the head with that book.
I work in databases. There are two reasons this thing is implausible.
1. All the databases were seamlessly integrated. 2. All the data was apparently clean and accurate.
Other than that...looks about right to me. When we finally see true AI, the above two problems will disappear. Along with my job, probably. Better order that double meat pizza now.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2005-02-03 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-03 04:44 pm (UTC)Wow, Brunner as an optimist. EEEK!
Well, they do have an action button to click on after the video, let's see what that does...
The WageSlave
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Date: 2005-02-03 08:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-03 11:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-08 07:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-04 04:40 am (UTC)1. All the databases were seamlessly integrated.
2. All the data was apparently clean and accurate.
Other than that...looks about right to me. When we finally see true AI, the above two problems will disappear. Along with my job, probably. Better order that double meat pizza now.