Fun for the Apple historians: "Apple Intelligence inches closer to Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator"

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Apple Intelligence inches closer to Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator
William Gallagher's AvatarWilliam Gallagher | Jun 12, 2024

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/12/apple-intelligence-inches-closer-to-apples-1987-knowledge-navigator

Controversial Apple CEO John Sculley may yet be proven right in his predictions for the future. Apple Intelligence could be the last step toward his fictional Knowledge Navigator.
Knowledge Navigator is a famous six-minute video created for John Sculley in 1987, and depicting life in what was meant to be the far future of around 2011. Sculley may be known first for ousting Steve Jobs, and perhaps for instigating the Newton MessagePad, but after that, it's his Knowledge Navigator video that he's remembered for.

To be harsh, it was Sculley attempting to be seen as a visionary for the future. To be generous, he got a huge amount right — or at least, his team did.

Almost 40 years after Hugh Dubberly was hired to create a video and Sculley chose a science-fiction theme, Apple Intelligence is arguably about to seal the deal on making 1987's fiction into 2024's fact.

It's actually arguable just what precisely the video shows, but there are several distinct ideas that can be seen — and that can be compared to today. They range from the hardware being shown, to the kinds of work that the lead character and most particularly his digital assistant are doing.

Much more at link…

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For reference, here’s Apple’s 1987 “Knowlege Navigator” video. I loved it when it came out, so futuristic!

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And more:

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1. People, not AI, created AI.

Old story.

Apple guy brags that Apple is using Cray Supercomputers to design the next generation Apple computers. (True.)

Cray guy tells him that Cray is using Apple computers to design the next generation of Cray supercomputers.

FWIW

Or not.