Alan Kay Interview (1990)

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A long 1990 interview with Alan Kay, the computer scientist behind Smalltalk and the Dynabook, in which he talks about the future of personal computing. It touches on ideas like agent-oriented computing.

HN people value it as a primary source showing that Kay's 1990 views on computing and agents still hold up.

“Very interesting view, especially considering how long ago that was and how relevant they still are.”

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@gjvc2018 · in “The Machine That Changed the World; Interview with Alan Kay, 1990”
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@romaniv2017 · in “Esoteric programming paradigms”
Alan Kay talking about agent-oriented computing in 1990: ▶ this video Very interesting view, especially considering how long ago that was and how relevant they still are.
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@nsriv2024 · in “The Objects of Our Life (1983)”
I looked very superficially and found this interview: ▶ this video