Google = HAL.

From Drudge comes word that the boys want Google to run your life for you. No matter how good “the algorithms get,” that’s going to require people to share an awful lot of personal info beyond their Amazon purchase and browsing habits to make that leap. Magic 8 Ball’s Google’s still a long way off from being HAL, even though people treat it like it is: “Will I get married? Will I find a great job?” “Why do people like Dane Cook?” Assuming they could get that kind of specific data from people though, why would someone turn to a search engine to let it decide what they should do with their day, let alone their life? Seems like that’s a step over the line for a search engine that just wants to organise the world’s information.

Or control it.