This article is part 4 of a series by Steven Levy about Google research. I rather like Levy's writing so I wanted to find parts 1, 2, 3 as well.<p>The navigation to earlier parts of the series seems broken to me (Iceweasel/Debian Sid/noscript set to allow page) so I backed up to the front page and found the links...<p>Part 1<p><a href="https://medium.com/backchannel/how-google-search-dealt-with-mobile-33bc09852dc9" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/backchannel/how-google-search-dealt-with-...</a><p>Part 2<p><a href="https://medium.com/backchannel/googles-secret-study-to-find-out-our-needs-eba8700263bf" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/backchannel/googles-secret-study-to-find-...</a><p>Part 3<p><a href="https://medium.com/backchannel/google-search-will-be-your-next-brain-5207c26e4523" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/backchannel/google-search-will-be-your-ne...</a><p>Part 4<p><a href="https://medium.com/backchannel/the-deep-mind-of-demis-hassabis-156112890d8a" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/backchannel/the-deep-mind-of-demis-hassab...</a>
I do not have a GPS, most of my friends do. I notice something with everyone who has a GPS when I am with them: they cannot find their way back. They have to use the tool again.<p>Why am I saying this? I do not know whether these technologies are making people smarter or less smart. It certainly helps to have something that can help do the tasks you just would not be able to do on your own without much toiling, however I think a lot about the day when your AI enabled digital assistant makes every single decision for you.
The banner is really frustrating. It says "Part 4" and has four dots, but I can't click the dots to go back to Part 1 and there aren't any header links to Part 1... is there even a Part 1 to go to?