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A vision for the future

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Name: Michael Kaufman

From: California

Bio: Web Developer for a major web site

Area of Expertise: Technology Developer/Administrator

Topic: Getting, Sharing Information

Headline: Future Interface – Hal on Steriods

Nutshell: The internet is in its infancy - the big picture to me is we are inventing the closest thing to a human brain that we can.

Vision:

We are in a sense trying to invent a collective human brain. It will be like Hal 9000 on steroids and coke in the very near future.

Date Submitted: August 8, 2005