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Alan Kay Predicts Current Internet Services in 1990 (27 years ago)
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Alan Kay Predicts Current Internet Services in 1990, Before Anyone Even had Internet
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- Presented by Alan Kay, computer scientist
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History and cultureHistory of computingPeople who shaped computing
Alan Kay predicts the rise of personalized software agents and modern internet services in a 1990 interview.
Computer scientist Alan Key in a 1990 interview (which appears to be old raw footage from news broadcast channel WGBH) predicts how computers could interestingly be used by regular people in the future. He refers to these services as "agents" and they closely resemble the algorithms used by everyone today, provided by Google and others. WGBH News channel: youtube.com/user/WGBHNewsroomWhy it's here
1 person recommends thisWhat people say. Shared as a fascinating historical prediction of modern internet services by computing pioneer Alan Kay.