Web 3.0

The Web 3.0 is a very interesting yet somewhat scary concept. We all know that data is stored from, well, everything and anything but that's all it is, data. Data is nothing without a concept or understanding of it's relativity to the real world and everyday users. The Web 3.0 or Semantic Web is essentially The Internet that understands, a step towards an illusion of artificial intelligence.

Because the Web appears to be intelligent, it will know exactly what you want based on your entire history of interaction with Internet connected devices. What this means is users will spend less time finding out more about what they love. Widgets and news feeds will deliver personalized content straight to the user's device, whatever that might be (eg. watch, glasses, mobile or maybe straight to their brain). It will also allow users to communicate with technology through natural language. We can speak in our terms instead of the computer's! Another benefit to users is that we will receive specific niche advertising. I've already noticed this, when browsing while logged into Google, I'll often see ad's for products I've previously searched for and shown in interest in.

Everything will be connected to the internet and if all of the data coming from everything is stored and used, I can't imagine there being much privacy left in the developed world. Of course there will be privacy settings which can be changed to prevent the general public accessing your private data but the developers and software owners will no doubt have every right to use this data as they please because we'll accept their terms and conditions just to use it. This doesn't even take into consideration PRSIM!

As mentioned before, true Web 3.0 will be a real step towards an illusion of artificial intelligence. It will be very close to the equivalent to the Chinese Room experiment. So yes, I think the line will be blurred, but it won't disappear. When it comes down to the basics, programs, computers or The Semantic Web is broken down to bits but more importantly, code that forces them to be governed by a set of rules and the inability to think for themselves, even though it may seem as though they do. Not being an expert in neurology, I don't know exactly how and why we think, act and make decisions but I believe in the body, mind and soul and that we are more than just programmed pieces of flesh.

I'll leave you with a scene from 'Minority Report'. A future based movie with Tom Cruise about stop crime before it happens. This movie is big on knowing where everyone is all the time through retina scans. As you can see, this extremely intelligent spider like thing is identifying Tom Cruise by scanning his retina. Very interesting movie on how the government could behave if they know or believe they know everything... even the future.

Until next time.

Regards.