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Disruptive Web Emergence Of Symbiotic Intelligence
y now you are already much
familiar with the concept The Internet boom was followed by
disruptive innovation that a financial bust for hundreds of
is going on all around you. If companies but it created a
you have not noticed it yet, I pervasive technology that
would like to mention the intertwined with everything we do
ubiquitous iPod as an example. today. It pushed us into the true
Sony’s reign on portable music information society. We are happy
player that started with the to use the Web to check our
Walkman, an disruptive innovation e-mail and weather before going
by itself, was disrupted by a to the office, do our banking
series of new technologies in the during the lunch break, buy that
form of CD players, mp3 players dream vacation package for a
and then the iPod. bargain price from an online
retailer before heading home in
Though the forces of disruption the evening, and occasionally
introduced by new ideas and chat with our college room mates
concepts have overturned existing using instant messaging after the
market places and people’s lives dinner. We have started replacing
in the past several centuries, in more and more of existing
the last decade a storm was technologies that we have used in
introduced in the form of World the past by this all encompassing
Wide Web. It put its strong Net.
foothold on every aspect of
modern lives - business, finance, Virtual communities and social
sales, marketing, shopping, networking sites emerged in early
communication, relationships, and 2000 (though instances of
even crimes. The Web was the most rudimentary social networking
disruptive innovation in the sites can be traced back to the
history of human civilization. early days of the Web) and the
popularity of MySpace proved that interests, and even life
we are trying to establish a partners.
symbiotic relationship with the
Web. This relationship is not For the last 200 years, the
with the computer that we use Industrial Revolution has
everyday in our works and provided us the impetus to
personal lives. It can be any replace manual labor with
device that lets us connect to machines that do things faster
this ethereal system that is all and cheaper. The Industrial
around us. We don't see it, we Revolution brought societal,
don't feel it but we need it. cultural and economic changes in
human lives. Ordinary persons
We have started using these new freed themselves from the
breed of sites to establish far drudgery of manual labor for
reaching connections that would enjoying personal lives.
not have been possible in human
history before. We contribute to The Web has brought us the
this ever expanding network Information Revolution. For the
because we believe in the saying, first time, one is able to free
"I will share my knowledge in herself from the drudgery of many
return for helpful information personal chores (e.g. shopping)
from others". We trade ideas when using the Web. The freed time is
buying a digital computer or spent on getting connected,
visiting a health specialists and collaborating, and developing
use the collective information network for sharing information
and knowledge to drive our and knowledge. Now, she is able
actions. Social connections that to make decisions using the
we establish using these sites collective intelligence that was
help us find jobs, business not available before. For
partners, friends with mutual example, she is able to order her
party supplies from reliable of actions.
suppliers found in her favorite
social bookmarking site, organize The Web itself is a disruptive
her party and invite guests using event in the human history. Each
social a networking site, send phases of the Web (are we in Web
personalized driving directions 2.0 phase?) is a natural
for each guest using a mash-up progression of that disruption.
site that uses vCard and road What we have witnessed so far is
maps, buy that camera, for party information stored all over the
pictures, recommended by her globe in millions and millions of
favorite collaborative filtering networked computers and the
site. emergence of user generated
contents, collaboration and
We have started witnessing the social connection.
emergence of some rudimentary
symbiotic intelligence. People In the next phase we will see the
are using collective intelligence emergence of sites that will be
to their advantages. The Web will mash-ups of mash-ups, networks of
provide mechanisms to mine networks, etc. These sites will
information scattered over further free us from some of our
databases, documents, web pages, today's daily chores. Besides
pictures and videos and then being cheaper and omnipresent
collaborate and connect to through held held devices, it
address users' concerns. People will provide us the ability to
will further free themselves from setup semi-intelligent agents
the drudgery of going to that work for us. For example,
specialists like financial after work a person will spend 30
planners, tax advisors, or even minutes using her handheld device
physicians, for obtaining connected to a website to
intelligent and reliable course configure her party organizer
agent that will order supplies, will not be void of emotions.
invite guests, and purchase a There will be mechanisms to make
digital camera using social book us feel good based on our moods,
markings, networking and surroundings, and circumstances.
collaborative filtering sites. Let's say you setup a dinner
She will be harnessing the date. During the course of the
collective intelligence of many dinner, you feel that every thing
people to plan her party. is going all right. Based on her
likings that you have just
We already use many of the learned, your dating advisor
technologies that are required agent may suggest a visit to a
for the maturing of the symbiotic nearby petting zoo. We have
intelligence. We use more already witnessed the emotional
powerful cell phones with digital aspect of computing in games
cameras, Internet connections, where cancer patients wage
and the push technology. virtual battles against unhealthy
University and corporate labs are cells.
researching intelligent agent
technologies. We are enjoying the We are just witnessing the
falling prices of almost all emergence of symbiotic
hardware and services. We utilize intelligence fueled by the
virtual communities and social Information Revolution. We will
networking sites, and we see intelligence evolve from the
participate in creating and interaction of experts and
filtering contents. non-experts and people will use
it to solve their problems. The
The central theme of the Web will provide mechanism to
symbiotic intelligence will still harness this collective
remain collaboration and intelligence to fulfill people,
connection. But the intelligence communities, groups, countries
and world's needs.
About the Author:
Dr. Deepak Dutta is the creator of http://www.semanticbay.com - a social network site for article authors. His other website http://www.classifiedsforfree.com - is one of the oldest online classifieds site.
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