[ExI] is it real?

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 12:06 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Of course they are not in complete thrall to the whims and wishes of the
> general public ("what ordinary citizens want and need").  Why would it be
> reasonable to expect them to be?
>

Isn't that what companies in business with the public do?  I guess I am
asking this:  could Google do more or different in the tech field with
their money than they are doing now?  (or any field, such as charity work
or the sort of thing Bill Gates does)  bill w

>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:47 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Do we think that Google is overall doing good things with the billions
>> they have made?  I think they have lived up to 'Don't be Evil' but are they
>> doing what tech people want and ordinary citizens want and need?  bill w
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:33 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> It's real.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Assistant and
>>> other sources.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 5:14 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know if this is real or was faked but I am inclined to believe
>>>> it.  If so, it is wicked cool:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Google's AI Assistant Can Now Make Real Phone Calls - YouTube
>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbHu_bVa_g>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> spike
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