ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Oct 5, 2011 2:55pm
http://gizmodo.com/5846630/apple-predicted-siri-24-years-ago-so-perfectly-its-scary
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[h=1]Apple Predicted Siri 24 Years Ago So Perfectly It’s Scary[/h]This just blew my mind. Back in 1987 Apple made a video about a future computer that would have a touchscreen with a computerize assistant you could talk to. They were off in their prediction by only 18 days. Wow.
In 1987, former Apple CEO John Sculley wrote about a concept called the Knowledge Navigator. It was a far out idea that was way ahead of its time. Its time, evidently, was today. The Knowledge Navigator features a digital assistant that is almost identical to Siri, which just launched hours ago, though Siri is a disembodied voice, not a guy in a bow tie. Less bow tie is always good. Check the video and tell me it's not eerily similar.
Here's the kicker, though. Andy Baio of Waxy.org noted, "The date on the professor's calendar is September 16, and he's looking for a 2006 paper written 'about five years ago,' setting the year as 2011." September 16th, 2011. So, twenty-four years ago Apple predicted that there would be a magical, touchscreen device, that could do video calls, that would have a digital assistant you could interact with, and that would pull down data from a massive network (coughTheCloudcough)... and they were only eighteen days off? That's fucking crazy.
What kind of dark magic is at work here? Does Apple have a time machine (other than their product, Time Machine) or a crystal ball? Is that how they rule computers? Time travel? Absolutely nutso. [Waxy.org and BYTECellar]
Update: To clarify, the video is not from 1987. The video was made in the mid-90's. The 1987 date was when John Sculley wrote about Knowledge Navigator is his book Odyssey. Sorry confusion be banished!
UPDATE 2: To avoid confusion and on the advice of Andy Baio, I've swapped in an edited segment of the video. To be clear, this video was produced in 1987. The previous video was produced in the mid-90's and contained this 1987 video in it. So they're still time-traveling warlocks. Everybody got that? Okay, good. Thanks, Andy!
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MontyBrunswick
Oct 5, 2011 3:00pm
Who gives a shit?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Oct 5, 2011 3:01pm
Apple haterdlazz;922793 wrote:Who gives a shit?
/in before apple lovers
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MontyBrunswick
Oct 5, 2011 3:02pm
I might be an Apple hater, but who gives a shit? Honestly?
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Oct 5, 2011 3:02pm
lol dlazz must lose sleep over his hatred for Apple.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Oct 5, 2011 3:06pm
Apple loversdlazz;922800 wrote:I might be an Apple hater, but who gives a shit? Honestly?
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Oct 5, 2011 3:06pm
dlazz;922793 wrote:Who gives a shit?
Obviously, not you. Some people do. Hope this helps.dlazz;922800 wrote:I might be an Apple hater, but who gives a shit? Honestly?
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 5, 2011 3:15pm
Mindblown.
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Jawbreaker
Posts: 520
Oct 5, 2011 3:49pm
Are they saying that Siri can do all that?
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Oct 5, 2011 4:05pm
If you can't admit that's pretty awesome/impressive then you really ARE an Apple hater.dlazz;922800 wrote:I might be an Apple hater, but who gives a ****? Honestly?
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Jawbreaker
Posts: 520
Oct 5, 2011 4:29pm
What is awesome or impressive about it? I still don't understand what the correlation is between the video and Siri. The idea of talking to a device and it giving you information has been around since the 50s and 60s. Some dates line up with some apple stuff and that is about it. I don't think Siri can do half of what is in the video.Scarlet_Buckeye;922899 wrote:If you can't admit that's pretty awesome/impressive then you really ARE an Apple hater.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Oct 5, 2011 5:25pm
I'm a Machumper and this is meh.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Oct 5, 2011 7:07pm
This would be impressive if someone not affiliated with Apple said it. But for them to say it, then do it, is more them reaching a goal they set then predicting the future.
Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Oct 5, 2011 8:36pm
dlazz is probably getting shitfaced right now to the news of Steve Jobs' death
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MontyBrunswick
Oct 5, 2011 10:20pm
I'm indifferent. The "RIP Steve Jobs" bullshit on Facebook is annoying, though.Pick6;923164 wrote:dlazz is probably getting shitfaced right now to the news of Steve Jobs' death
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Oct 5, 2011 10:33pm
FIFYdlazz;923282 wrote:I'm annoying.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Oct 6, 2011 12:53am
LOL, good one IWP
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Oct 6, 2011 12:58am
I thought Tom Cruises daughter was like 4
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MontyBrunswick
Oct 6, 2011 8:15am
ah manI Wear Pants;923296 wrote:FIFY
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Oct 6, 2011 9:12am
Reps.I Wear Pants;923296 wrote:FIFY