Beyond the Search Box

Beyond the Search Box

Beyond the Search Box

Big Think is hosted a live event about the future of search technology on February 1, 2011, in San Francisco.

28 min
Author Kevin Kelly, along with Tao Yang, Professor of Computer Science at the UC-Santa Barbara, led a panel discussion on the uses of computational thinking in search technology at Big […]
2 min
Michio Kaku and Peter Diamandis tackle the difference between the way our brains and machines compute, and how Artificial Intelligence will impact the future of the Web.
2 min
As we contemplate the farthest reaches of where the Web is going, it is remarkable to consider how technical advances have already fundamentally altered our notions of privacy online.
1 min
Malcolm Gladwell pours cold water on the promises of search technology, suggesting that new technologies are solving problems that don’t really exist.
2 min
X-Prize Foundation Founder and Chairman Peter Diamandis and best-selling technology writer Nicholas Carr both speak to both the dreams and fears of what the web is becoming.
1 min
Are we willing to take risks in order to bring about innovation? X-Prize Foundation’s Peter Diamandis and Chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov weigh in on the state of innovation today.
2 min
Search is no longer the simple act of typing words into a text box. New user interfaces and mobile devices are expanding the web into all aspects of daily life, […]