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Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and have a discussion with people who try to predict the future. And then "predict" what we actually have today. Descri
by iforgotpassword 4y ago
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and have a discussion with people who try to predict the future. And then "predict" what we actually have today. Describing how we get to laptops that are actually portable and have good battery runtime. Shrinking it even more to make it a smartphone. The internet getting infinitely faster, and coming over the air. And then finally arriving at TikTok and sharing dick pics via WhatsApp because that's just what the average Joe who doesn't live in the academic bubble is into. The reaction to that has to be priceless.
- hotpotamus 4y agoIn 2001: A Space Odyssey (filmed in 1968), they had tablet computers with video communication and sentient AI, all courtesy of IBM. Moore's Law was first coined in 1965. I don't think the tech itself would be all that shocking to those in the know, but you may be right about the societal reactions.