Alan Kay Interview (1990)

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14:57 ARPA 16:00 Vannevar Bush 16:40 pathfinding 28:59 early "personal" computers 48:18 books chained to desks; so too computers; computers are expensive -- they'll be valuable when we don't have to chain them to desks 49:20 illiteracy/literacy when skill can be practiced by lay people; no such thing as medicine/immedicine (il-medicine) 1:50:08 software/hardware 1:51:58 arithmetic as special case of logic gating 1:52:10 turing 1:53:25 good programs handle the organic chemistry so you can make the cake 1:57:30 "the analytical engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the jacard loom weaves patterns of silk"

[@darkuncle77]

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[@MrButera]

... flexible competence. Genius

[@briandecker8403]

Amazing!!! Alan is a true inspiration.

[@maxpower5680]

I believe that this interview was conducted for use in the 1992 documentary “The Machine That Changed the World.” What is interesting is that only a few minutes of this interview was used in the documentary but it’s clear that the writers of the documentary were clearly influenced by Alan Kay’s characterizations of key developments. The way he explains various things is almost exactly the same as the way it is explained in the documentary.

[@da009999]

How were you able to obtain this wonderful video?

[@tumdeax]

it's from the PBS archive.

[@nbme-answers]

at 01:00:00 Papert, Smalltalk kids, Piaget & Bruner ... at 01:15:00 Theatre... at 01:24:00 the first painting programme 1972 at 01:38:00 VisiCalc at 01:56:00 Ada Augusta & Babbage first programming at 02:00:00 Puppet theatre... object oriented programming at 02:05:00 Tools & Agents ... manipulation(tools), management (agents), extensions, megamachines, flexible competence(A.I.) at 02:09:00 driving forces at 02:10:00 pervasive networking... at 02:11:00 newsfeeds .... at 02:12:00 Dynabook, intimacy, world wide infrastructure... at 02:14:00 Children, Education, programming ecologies... at 02:18:00 Dewey-simulating the adult world... at 02:20:00 Computers, education and value systems... at 02:24:00 A.I. common sense, science, non-sense... at 02:30:00 virtual reality ... at 02:36:00 Book of Kells ... at 02:38:00 Civilisation, literacy ... (reformatting from user, Tim Martin)

[@just1689]

Thank you

[@GurtTarctor]

Just wow.

[@jimmiejames4674]

Aan is a true treasure.

[@daledavis768]

Amazing man with amazing ideas, His hair is also up there with John McCarthy in terms of epic computer scientist do's!

[@Frub3nz]

This is /incredible/.

[@TimMartinDesign]

at 01:00 Papert, Smalltalk kids, Piaget & Bruner ... at 01:15 Theatre ... at 01:24 the first painting programme 1972 at 01:38 VisiCalc at 01:56 Ada Augusta & Babbage first programming at 02:00 Puppet theatre ... object oriented programming at 02:05 Tools & Agents ... manipulation(tools), management(agents), extensions, megamachines, flexible competence(A.I.) at 02:09 driving forces at 02:10 pervasive networking ... at 02:11 newsfeeds ... at 02:12 Dynabook, intimacy, world wide infrastructure ... at 02:14 Children, Education, programming ecologies ... at 02:18 Dewey - simulating the adult world ... at 02:20 Computers, education and value systems ... at 02:24 A.I. common sense, science, non-sense ... at 02:30 virtual reality ... at 02:36 Book of Kells ... at 02:38 Civilisation, literacy ...

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