Meme: 'Hello World' then vs now — from DOS terminal to ChatGPT
astralmatrix · x · 2026-10-27
A two-panel comic contrasts the early 1990s—kids seeing "Hello, world!" on a DOS terminal with dad watching—with today's version where the computer saying hello world is ChatGPT. A wry take on how the entry point to computing has shifted from writing code to chatting with AI.
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