Google now has exclusive rights to technology that
could catalogue our memories into videos to be relived over and over again.
According to Huffington Post, the technology would
likely be featured in a wearable device similar to Google Glass.
The product, which likely does not exist at the
moment, would record users’ experiences and store them in an online library.
Slate reports a user’s entire day could be recorded
in a single video.
The recordings would probably be uploaded to
Google’s cloud servers directly, allowing users to access their memories with
voice commands such as “How many books did I read in May?” or “Who were the
people at the business lunch this afternoon?”
Users might even have the option to “share” their
recorded experiences with others, allowing multiple people to view the same
memory from different perspectives.
Such videos could be summoned with a voice command
like,
Where were
my friends last night?
A separate screen, however, will be needed to watch
all recordings.
Many are referring to Google’s move as the “Black
Mirror” patent, in reference to the TV show that takes place in a world where
people are physically unable to forget things because a device that records and
replays memories has been implanted in their brains.
Let’s hope Google heeded the underlying message of
the British show: Such technology would quickly turn users into complete
psychopaths.
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