You’ll also be able to set up “filters,” which are really just standing queries. Filters will work around the clock, watching for new information that matches an interest of yours, filtering out everything else.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Road Ahead,” Microsoft CEO Bill Gates writes: ”You’ll also be able to set up ‘filters,’ which are really just standing queries. Filters will work around the clock, watching for new information that matches an interest of yours, filtering out everything else. You will be able to program a filter to gather information on your particular interest, such as news about local sports teams or particular scientific discoveries. If the most important thing to you is the weather, your filter will put that at the top of your personalized newspaper. Some filters will be created automatically by your computer, based on its information about your background and areas of interest. Such a filter might alert me to an important event regarding a person or institution from my past: ‘Meteorite crashes into Lakeside School.’ You will also be able to create an explicit filter. That will be an ongoing request for something particular, such as ‘Wanted: 1990 Nissan Maxima for parts,’ or ‘Tell me about anybody selling memorabilia from the last World Cup,’ or ‘Is anyone around here looking for someone to bicycle with on Sunday afternoon, rain or shine?’ The filter will keep looking until you call off the search.”
Biography:Bill Gates, the most influential technology entrepreneur of the late 20th century, was the primary author of the prediction-packed 1995 book “The Road Ahead” and is the founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Intelligent Agents/AI
Name of publication: The Road Ahead (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 4: Applications and Appliances
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 80, 81
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