Who will be the winner of the next computer revolution?
The computer operating system, a layer of software between you and the device have changed significantly over the past few decades. Initially, the user had to interact with levers and switches, then came the screens and DOS, Macintosh from Apple and Windows from Microsoft, and then the Internet.
They all slowly crept into our lives and changed the way we do almost everything. But the "axis" of the future will be radically different. The next step will be artificial intelligence, and the race has already begun. Because there is why. Just think about how profitable had control of the previous era for Microsoft.
In the 70's, many of us have ground off the teeth on command line type systems MS-DOS, CP/M and Unix. This legendary black screen with green font will be included in the era. You can type any more or less meaningful command like "cp" and copy the file. It wasn't easy, but easier than with physical switches.
In the 80s, computers moved to the graphical user interfaces like Mac OS, and Windows, where you just had to point and click. Want to remove file? Just drag it to the trash. What could be easier? And here computational technique is not for geeks. Almost anyone can do it.
In the 90s computers became more connected. The Internet became kings. Google even made a separate operating system from that regard, Chrome OS.
And most recently, computers became mobile and turned into apps on our smartphones. Some of these applications and services have begun to branch out, creating their own little worlds, uniting developers and users. An example of this can be the Chinese app WeChat, in which thousands of use cases, from social networking to buying plane tickets.
You don't even think about it, but the next revolution in the field of OS already on the threshold. And technology giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google are fighting for the victory in this revolution.
New race
At the end of last year, Google announced a series of products hardware. There was a column of Google Home, smartphone Pixel and virtual reality to Daydream View. But Google will make billions on the hardware like this. Software — a much more attractive business. It easier to scale.
No, Google is developing this hardware just as a means to deliver your Google Assistant with artificial intelligence our houses and pockets. Virtual assistants baked in all these products. Google wants to be the center of our lives.
Communicative assistants like Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa are the operating system of the future. No printing. No familiarity. The power of artificial intelligence will be used to meet our needs.
"Take me on the next flight to Canberra, Google"
"Who is the President of Switzerland, Siri?"
"Play my favorite song, Alex".
In many cases, the keyboard will not close. Enough to get a new one in the room and say "turn on the light", like someone waiting. And someone will have to wait. We sit in the car and say "turn on the ignition or start the engine". Enter the Elevator and commanded: "On the first floor, please." In the bath — "the meanest of boiling water".
Screens will begin to disappear. Instead, they will receive the communication. Communication and conversations will escort us from room to room, in the car, in the office, in bed.
The consequences will be huge. Loss screens will mean rethinking digital advertising. The growth of communication will affect the search and online network. Whoever wins this race, its new operating system will show us the way.
Winners and losers
It's an exciting future. There are many opportunities for implementation. You can make the clock which will be your personal assistant. Sunglasses, hinting that it was time to leave sun. Libra, advising what to have for Breakfast.
The winners will be, most likely, companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook or Amazon, because they are the first to be released on this market and the network effect means that their products will quickly improve.
by Ilya Hel
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I would not be happy to have someone translating my posts without asking me the authorization to do so, in particular if they are aiming to earn money on them. And note that you have not put the direct link to the original post, which is the other thing I am feeling uncomfortable with.
To me, this kind of post is just a form of plagiarism. You are using the work of others.
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Great recap of computer technology history for us! I also look forward to see where the language apps will brings us and, from there how the technology will shape our financial and, by the same token, socio-political world... thanks for the good write up, here's an extra upvote, namaste :)
Thank you, sir!
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Who will win?
That to me is a no brainier Linux! Now I really doubt I will get my wife into Linux any time soon though.
But Siri, etc. aren't really AIs. They are speech recognition software front end to a search engine. In going the way they went, it has left a lot of fruitful growth on the ground.
Apple is already dead.
Microsloth will, if it doesn't change it core real soon, will reach an evolutionary dead end.
And Google hasn't figured out the really important thing in getting search results correct. They have really missed the boat.
I use Linux, and I still use the command line. Because it is faster, easier and does exactly what I tell it.
Its like autocompletion. If they want real user friendliness, fix the damn autocompletion. The smart phone should store all of my normally used words, and should be able to guess words based on my usage, not based on some assumed group of standard dictionary. They haven't even broken down dictionaries into sub-genre lexicons. If I am into cars, "Mustang" refers to a car. (not to horses) and I probably use a whole lot of car slang.
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Thank you!