A Talk to Google's Larry Page in 2038

This humorous futuristic interview with Google's Larry Page at Google Blogoscoped is a surefire humor but it is also ominous. Check the portion I have quoted below:

I find it fascinating these days, you can have conversations with the Google search box like it would be your best friend.
Exactly. This was the stuff we wanted to have there from the beginning. Some of us thought it would take us 300 years, but they didn’t include robotic personnel working for us into the calculation. This changes the whole game. But with this high artificial intelligence naturally come new problems as well.

Are you referring to the case of the teenager committing suicide after being rejected?
Right. Because the Google AI was so friendly to her and listened to all of her problems, everyday, she fell in love with it. When she wanted more, we just couldn’t offer this to her. This is quite tragic and we’re currently introducing mechanisms to make the Google AI come off as a bit more “unlovable.”

Like what mechanisms?
Every once in a while, it will say “shut up.” [laughs]

The entire piece is worth the read. ;)