I am not sure I want that. At least not as much as Google does. Kurzweil is going to help me click on more ads. Shreds any sense of him being a visionary.
I'm totally OK with searching "#{my_city} taxi" instead of "taxi" if it means when I search "abortion" I get a sampling of search results that has the greatest co-citation... instead of something that myopically focuses on Google's perception of my preferences.
At the least, I'd like to be able to switch off the personalization. But anyway... Beating a dead horse here in this community, I'm sure.
https://www.google.com/search?q=abortion
https://www.google.com/search?q=taxi
Or if you were willing to type more than 2 words into the search box before blaming Google for failing to read your mind, while you simultaneously tell Google to stop trying to read your mind.
He seems to be saying that he'd be okay with typing in his city name to get local results in exchange for not having any personalization. In other words, it's beyond local vs non-local.
Clippy told people how to do their work more efficiently, and because people don't like to remember new ways of doing work if their old habits sufficient, people hate him. Clippy was like computerized supervisor, slave driver, who looked over their shoulders and told them "You selected one menu item 5 times, better use keyboard shortcut to mine more uranium for your Master."
Google wants to tell people what to do. He is like missionary, every layman would respect him for making life easer. People would love Google for this.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_17/b42250609...