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> every person would have more bandwidth than they knew what to do with. I think that is exactly the point. That's why they are doing this; Google doesn't know
by cryptoz 14y ago
> every person would have more bandwidth than they knew what to do with.
I think that is exactly the point. That's why they are doing this; Google doesn't know what exactly will happen when everyone in the USA/world has fiber connections, but they do know that incredible innovation will come. What kind of applications will be built? What kind of applications can be built?
Couple this with the increasing computing power inside each home over the next many years, and Google will have control over an unbelievably fast and large network of computers.
I'd be certain most applications are in the weak-to-strong AI arena.
- nemo1618 14y agoindeed. The scales of computing technologies have increased by many order of magnitude in their history, and it has never been "enough." Bill Gates infamously demonstrated the danger of predicting how much RAM/Clock speed/Bandwidth/etc. is "enough." EDIT: fixed a rather wacky typo
- freehunter 14y ago* Bill Gates infamously demonstra...* Let me stop you right there. http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/01/1484 http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/01/1484
- engtech 14y agoThat's the first I've heard that Gates didn't say the 640k quote. Thank you for the correction.
- m_for_monkey 14y agoI fear, the surplus bandwidth will be simply wasted, just like the enormous computing power of modern desktop CPUs.
- bicknergseng 14y agoIf you build it, they will come.
- warfangle 14y agoInteresting double entendre considering what kind of video a lot of people stream....
- htf 14y agoCan you give examples you have in mind of AI applications that requires high bandwidth? Something related to vision maybe?