'Computer' was a job that vanished — AI will make 2000s computer use feel equally alien
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-10-07
Artist sterlingcrispin notes that "Computers" originally referred to a now-extinct job — people crunching spreadsheets with pencil and paper. He predicts AI will make how we used computers in the 2000s-2020s feel the same way: a retro alienation we can't relate to. A big-picture take on AI reshaping human-computer interaction paradigms.
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