We're already seeing some of the downsides, in the eternal craving for more data, in the processing power required to actually learn, and in the opacity of the models that result.
If life is to involve more than the eternal reshuffling of the same data, he and Dr. Starkman say, it cannot be eternal.
The artist calls the posters "specters of Google's eternal realm of private, misappropriated data" where the figures are "unveiling their presence like a digital shadow haunting the real world".
Eternal vigilance is the price of free data.
The pursuit of eternal youth has existed for centuries and recent data indicate that fat-storing tissues control lifespan.
That the private sector might accomplish this on its own is belied by the available data, although hope in that direction springs eternal.
Still, he says, hope springs eternal: if satellites like Kepler keep delivering their intriguing data, these grounded missions may one day fly.
This is an eternal question when handling Internet-based information.
You can also get satellite pictures of U.S. weather and, with the right software, even upload the data from your own personal weather station and gain eternal fame.
ETERNAL RETURN: If history disturbs you, and you long to forget, don't back up your data, and sooner or later you'll be free of it.
