Google's wizard behind the curtain is probably Jeffrey Dean<p>"I'm almost certain it is Jeff Dean. During my 3 month internship at Google, his name came up EVERYWHERE.<p>1) He is a primary author on all of Google's major infrastructure-related publications (BigTable, MapReduce, etc)<p>2) I've seen his internal resume. It is CRAZY."<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219667" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219667</a><p>Jeff Dean speaking at Google I/O 2008 about the infrastructure:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsan-GQaeyk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsan-GQaeyk</a>
<i>Q: When do you think that kind of artificially intelligent search will happen?<p>A: ... In terms of timing, I typically say about 200 to 300 years. I think it is probably closer to the 300th year end of it. But if it ends up being closer to the 200th year, I would not be around in any case, and I will not be able to have anyone gainsay me.</i>