Re:Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World ...
by zbentley on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @10:59PM
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One time, a giant tech company staffed by geniuses released a super-useful tool that saw massive adoption. 10 years later that tool became technical debt.
Wait, it was way less than 10 years.
I'm talking about Google Realtime. Or reader? Or buzz?
No, wait, I'm talking about aggressive Twitter API deprecation/removal.
Wait, nevermind, I'm talking about Facebook.
You get the idea. What's revolutionary today sometimes becomes the substrate for future innovation. Sometimes it gets cast by the wayside, even in the face of significant "user" (developer) popularity.
That's not proof of negativity; just realism. Negativity would be "no new innovation will ever get traction". Optimism would be "all new technologies will change the world" (c.f. https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended). This is neither.
Wait, it was way less than 10 years.
I'm talking about Google Realtime. Or reader? Or buzz?
No, wait, I'm talking about aggressive Twitter API deprecation/removal.
Wait, nevermind, I'm talking about Facebook.
You get the idea. What's revolutionary today sometimes becomes the substrate for future innovation. Sometimes it gets cast by the wayside, even in the face of significant "user" (developer) popularity.
That's not proof of negativity; just realism. Negativity would be "no new innovation will ever get traction". Optimism would be "all new technologies will change the world" (c.f. https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended). This is neither.