304K views · Apr 13, 2011 · 12:47 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2011–2024
Apple's late-1980s Knowledge Navigator concept video, produced under John Sculley, showing a professor using a tablet-like device with a conversational software agent. It envisions hypertext, touchscreens and voice assistants.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it as an early vision of personal software agents and AI assistants, and as a fun retro look at predicted computing.
“These are always fun to watch.”HN comment, 2014
“These are always fun to watch.”
Apple's vision of future computing
These are always fun to watch. Here's one of Apple's versions if you're curious: this video Microsoft still maintains its "home of the future". I think they update it every 3-5 years or so. Here's a newer one I found on youtube: link . It's pretty funny to see how the set, from what I can tell, is basically identical. And here's another Microsoft video about the "future of productivity" made back in 2011: link
“This video is allegedly from 1987.”
Apple's Knowledge Navigator concept from around 1987
Are you sure you're not thinking of Apple's Knowledge Navigator concept? this video This video is allegedly from 1987. Edit: I changed the link to an expanded video from the early 90s(?) which contains the original video + some other mockup usage examples for OpenDoc
“See Apple's vision from early ’90s”
Apple's early 90s vision of a personal software agent
This. Exactly this. A personal software agent will make a lot of "smart" devices and many apps irrelevant. See Apple's vision from early ’90s: this video
“it's so bad it's awesome.”
it's so funny he still talks about the worst most embarrassing apple ad of all time. this video it's so bad it's awesome.
