I thought "web 3.0" meant context-aware search and things like that? Such as being able to search for string "hot cars in Detroit" and the search engine be smart enough to search for dealerships in Detroit, interpreting substring "hot" as being an adjective for "cars in detroit", i.e., as a string to look for on dealership sites, for example. Search and XML representations that are more linguistically aware, in other words. That is web 3.0 as far as I understand, so it seems reasonable that things like this could arise at some point, especially given progress made recently in the field of chatbots, such as at the Loebner competition for example.
Yes, I've heard similar. Although, more along the lines that you tell your computer "I need to have my teeth cleaned" then the computer goes and looks up dentist ratings, finds a sampling of good ones, gets their availability schedules, cross references with your schedule, determines how long it will take you to get there from your each appointment, books the appointment, and makes an entry in your schedule with a map and then reminds you to brush your teeth really well on the day that you have the appointment.
