Well, the types of computers we have today are tools. They’re responders: you ask a computer to do something and it will do it. The next stage is going to be computers as “agents.” In other words, it will be as if there’s a little person inside that box who starts to anticipate what you want. Rather than help you, it will start to guide you through... See more
I’d seen parts of this Steve Jobs talk, never seen the whole thing until tonight. Pretty incredible on multiple levels.
First, that Jobs is taking time to speak at a design festival, recognizing that’s where the difference in computer science will be: hiring people with great design sense. This is a recruiting event for... See more