Did Steve Jobs Really Predict AI in 1983?


More than 40 years ago, Jobs described how computers would preserve a person’s worldview, answer questions and act as personal agents. Steve Jobs gets credited with predicting a ton of stuff after the fact. But this one’s especially hard to dismiss. At the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen, Jobs talked about the limitations of books. He loved how they let you access Aristotle or Plato directly, without an intermediary. But books disappointed him in one big way. You couldn’t ask...