epic 2015

epic 2015

Epic 2015, according to wikipedia, was released in Nov. 04.  The premise of this movie is that google is growing and in the future will create EPIC.  Evolving Personalized Information Construct or EPIC will be “a summary of the world — deeper, broader and more nuanced than anything ever available before … but at its worst, and for too many, EPIC is merely a collection of trivia, much of it untrue.”

While this might be a bit over the top of what could happen, it does not mean it does not have the potential to happen.  Google will have a lot of the worlds information as it builds its google books, maps, and directory has a bulk of world information.  Many people also use google for email.  One of the aspects of gmail is its large storage capacity.  With gmail, you never have to delete any email, because you can just archive it and it will be there forever. Google Checkout makes it easier to make payments online.   It is no secret that google has access to a lot of information.  But will the scenario described in epic 2015 happen?  I believe not.

But if it does, what is the worst-case scenario?  Will transition from computers into other aspects of technology.  Will they heavily invest into artificial intelligence?  Does google have the potential to become skynet, the fictional company in the Terminator movies?

But seriously, I believe that google will have competition in the technology industry.  They are big right now, but before google’s search engine, there was altavista, netscape, lycos, and ask jeeves.  Eventually, someone will produce an Idea that is better than what google has to offer, and this will be the new search engine on the top of the totem pole.