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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
honestly this guy had the right idea
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- "A case in point: in 1976, David Ahl, editor of Creative Computing, arranged interviews with several hundred adults and young people to hear their thoughts on computing, surveying them on topics ranging from the impact of automation on American job prospects to whether computers would improve health care. He found that at least a third of the interviewees lacked a basic understanding of how computers worked. Moreover, people were confused when asked what they might do with a computer in their home. Some people presumed the questions referred to handheld calculators or robots. As one interviewee responded, "Well, maybe I'll have [the computer] serve me martinis when I come home from work."" (remote)
!["A case in point: in 1976, David Ahl, editor of Creative Computing, arranged interviews with several hundred adults and young people to hear their thoughts on computing, surveying them on topics ranging from the impact of automation on American job prospects to whether computers would improve health care. He found that at least a third of the interviewees lacked a basic understanding of how computers worked. Moreover, people were confused when asked what they might do with a computer in their home. Some people presumed the questions referred to handheld calculators or robots. As one interviewee responded, "Well, maybe I'll have [the computer] serve me martinis when I come home from work.""](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/111/647/718/315/675/711/original/ccd5ff52f16eda39.jpeg){kind=link}
