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if google wants data, why don't they just ask the public for it? You know the old fashioned way. Open a store, staff it with real humans who can talk to real hu
by bawana 9y ago
if google wants data, why don't they just ask the public for it? You know the old fashioned way. Open a store, staff it with real humans who can talk to real humans. My guess is that they are trying a 'heuristic' solution- trying to 'add value' to data that already exists. If that's the case, why don't they just ask 23 and me for their DNA database. But I'll tell you right now, I am tired of being the 'product' for Facebook , google, etc. If they want my data, they need to ASK me for it.
- londons_explore 9y agoIt turns out, that the value of this data in aggregate is pretty high - there is the possibility of saving probably 100 million person-years per year of lives through algorithmic medicine (ie. each person on earth lives 1 year longer), and the raw records could form a substantial cut of that value. The flip side is researchers don't need everybodies data. A few million records would be very beneficial, and they can likely offer something worth a few cents to persuade enough people to hand over data.