Resurfaced: Licklider photo at BBN's PDP-1 and his strikingly accurate prediction of today's computing
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-11-11
An old photo of J.C.R. Licklider — one of the creators of ARPANET — at BBN's PDP-1 has resurfaced. The caption recalls that "Lick," "always on the verge of a smile," "sat at that computer many hours each day, literally hoarding the machine, learning how to do digital programming."
The quoted post highlights Licklider's remarkably accurate prediction of where computing stands today — a fitting read in the AI era.
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