A 2011 video's vision of computing feels eerily prescient today, redditor notes
AxomaticallyExtinct · reddit · 2026-10-07
A redditor shared a video made in 2011, marveling at how prescient it was: using computers today increasingly resembles what the video depicted. A nostalgic, resonant piece about how past visions of human-computer interaction match today's AI-era reality.
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