You truly can see the future!! Have you ever talked to 4 AT&T reps for two hours to unlock the sim of a phone that has been paid off for a year..... You will.
@@FulmerDuckworth So, a mixup that happened 25 years ago, to just you, makes you boycott an entire company? Also, i GUARANTEE you use AT&T products and just don't know it. They're more than just a cell phone service provider, no matter how you look at it, without AT&T, you wouldn't have much of the technology you use today, from Integrated processors, to the very infrastructure our communication networks are built on, can be traced back to AT&T. It's your fault for paying it more than you had to. Big companies like that don't actively seek out collections for fines of 8 fucking dollars. They likely sent you a collection statement that looked official to try and scare you into paying (as most service providers do by default, and not on a case by case basis.) If you had already paid it, then the solution was simply to reply to the letter saying you had, or actually show some initiative in getting in contact with someone able to resolve the issue. People make mistakes, and no company ran by people is flawless. You're just a petty dickhead that wrongly thinks they tried to take advantage of you.
Have you ever refueled (recharged) your car at 90 MPH? You will. Have you seen a teacher who can instruct at a speed that is perfect for everyone? You will. Has your government gotten smart enough that you no longer have to file taxes? Don't worry... They won't.
In Sweden we don't really have to do anything unless you're self employed or some special case, they just send you a paper or you can do it digitally or even on your phone and just sign off on what they said is the correct taxes and it's done.
@ Drudley: it's the same in Denmark (which is probably identical to Sweden to anyone not from Scandinavia --- but no, really it isn't). If you're OK with the assessment of your taxes by the government you can just do _nothing_ (don't even actively have to say OK), and that's the end of that... which is of course what most of us do.
Just seeing these commercials, hearing the music and Tom Selleck's voice...gives me a warm feeling of nostalgia. I was so much younger then and the world held so much promise. Thank you Joe!
it still holds promise, people just dont trust promises anymore. theyd rather just say "oh well what can i do?" instead of actually looking around to see what they could do
Have you ever had your health insurance application rejected by an AI which identifies your suicidal tendencies based on your social media interaction ? You will.
oncaphillis: AI of the future will be instrumental in stopping suicide..... only to turn around and "liquidate" a few million due to overpopulation and lack of resources. *Does not compute.*
My understanding is Blockbuster had their own idea how to do a Netflix type service.....it wasn’t that obvious how to do the infrastructure at the time. Blockbuster bet wrong and underestimated how short a time Netflix could ramp up. Netflix had cloud services available and innovated on reliability (look up ‘chaos monkey’ sometime). Also most of Netflix business at the time was mailing DVDs. It was a defensible decision. Wrong but defensible.
@@DaFetrow Many years ago my therapist told me that just because everything turned out wrong doesn't mean it was a bad decision. I continue to think that it's the very definition of a bad decision.
Me: "Hey, 2018 Joe. Would you believe in 2 years there will be a global pandemic that will shut down the world and all of our meetings will be done from home by teleconference?" 2018 Joe: "Yeah, right!"
Hey "4 months ago" michaelfink64, would you believe that in just 4 months there would be some relatively serious concern about a second Civil War? You ain't seen nothing yet. But you do sort of point out an interesting point. At the start of this, we were so worried that the pandemic might end civilization. Certainly a number of fields are pretty much toast, but like any vacuum, "things" just rushed in to take their place and all in all; we're not doing to bad. Imagine that: we just happened to have developed the right level of technology, with no preparation or fore knowledge, to actually be able to survive this thing... Anyone else wonder if Fate just has us in the tutorial of the game called "Life" right now?
You didn't include my favorite "You Will" commercial. There was one where you checked out at the grocery store without unpacking the cart. A scanner that resembled an airport metal detector was able to read all the items in your cart at once and then you just paid.
Here in Japan there is a clothing store called UNIGLO where you do exactly that! Put all the clothes in a bin style compartment and it tells your total.. slide your card .. done!
@@louzustak5383 Spelled UNIQLO, but yeah, that system is pretty cool. In fact, you don't even need to take the clothes out of the shopping basket but just put the whole basket in the bin.
Is it just me, or did that part of the clip have a very Death Race/Mad Max/ air about it? Almost like the camera cut away moments before the car's autoguns deployed.
there is literally no other car on the highway... i lived in france and in the us and im living in hong kong right now, have to say that is only possible if it's post apocalyptic lol
Oh yeah, exactly. "We imagine a change in paying tolls. But that change will be that it will be like playing Russian Roulette" I guess they have cameras pointed at that toll booth and broadcast the best crashes to a violence-craving audience.
I don't think they store our medical data but rather our insurance info on the card or in their systems which identify the card and the data is stored online.
Ruben Kelevra, in Germany it's stored like a bank card, it's not your actual bank account stored on the card, nor is your medical data stored there. However, it's darn close.
In terms of having medical data in a centralised place, Australia recently tried to do this and the backlash was HUGE. Turns out there can be problems with privacy, security vulnerability and corruption if you let the government have access to all of your health records.
Why do you need to renew your drivers licenses? What's the reason behind that? Where I live, you just get a license and it doesn't expire. You can ofcourse lose your license for things like driving a red light, speeding, drinking and driving,...
Part of the reason is that drivers license fees can be a potential revenue stream for the state. The bigger part of the reason is that how you look at 18 will almost always be different than how you look at 30, and you will most likely live someplace other than you did before. Since we have no national ID system, we rely on a patchwork network of state-level IDs and Drivers Licenses to provide identity services to citizens. Forcing people to periodically update their information means that it won't be completely useless for identification purposes. Despite this, of course, I still get people with old-ass drivers licenses with addresses they haven't lived at in years. I'm really frustrated with Arizona because those drivers licenses don't expire until the driver reaches 60 years old (whereafter they have to get periodic vision tests and the IDs expire semi-regularly to accommodate this requirement). I've had 50 year old men come in with their drivers license from decades ago and it's like I can't actually tell if that's actually theirs. You expect me to accept this for financial services when the picture looks nothing like you? No, get out. Yeah, in retrospect it's probably entirely because otherwise people would walk around with the ID/DL from when they were 20 and they'd basically never update it.
@@HighFrictionZone Ah, ok. Since you don't have an identity card, it does make sense to use something else. Still baffles me why you keep working with such a patchwork system though. Do you know of any plans to start using a proper ID system?
If they’d had everything happening at home, it would have looked sad. They might have actually predicted it, but elected to change it to make it more appealing.
Yeah, I think people definitely could have predicted handheld computers that wirelessly connected to the Internet back then. Probably not smartphones, would have looked more like a Windows CE device, but I think somehow people knew the actual future would look really depressing. I mean, think about it... isn't it kind of sad that people never go anywhere, and everyone has one boring, expensive slab of plastic that does everything, and they all look almost exactly the same? At least in the future visualized, people still have specific spaces set aside for things, and devices are tailored to specific things. I don't know, I think we'd be better off in the alternate future where smartphones were never popular because wireless tech was a dead end.
Same thing with the "chip that holds all information" it's just something for the viewer to covet. Especially in these circumstances, the products don't actually exist.
Definitely a lot of these choices were made because of things that had nothing to do with prediction. They had to show a credit card in the toll segment, so people would understand they were paying for something. And 100% they needed to show an AT&T credit card.
I was working at AT&T Microelectronics (formerly Bell Labs, later Lucent) when these commercials were made. You'd be surprised how much of this was actually enabled by the components they were bringing out at the time.
Did they have flat screens back then? Cos how did those kids have a flat screen mounted up by the ceiling?? Last I remember every TV in ‘95 weighed about 137 lbs and no one dared to have them precariously hung on the wall.
Yup. Bell Labs - and Xerox-PARC - were the parents of just about everything we have technology-wise today. Can't think of any kind of research centers doing comparable work today.
Some will, but the majority won't. If you're talking about augmented reality, that's another matter, aaand yet they're somewhat similar. Google Glass which failed miserably is a good example... the technology, cultural and social evolution just wasn't there yet.
@@lucywucyyy I got an Oculus Rift and I almost can't even play it in the summer. LOL! That thing can get pretty warm on your face when it is hot out. They are going to have to figure out how to stop the heat issues before I can stay in them for too long. It isn't bad if I play it any other time, but the summer heat. I'll have sweat dripping down my face. I haven't played with mine for a few months or so. I might break it out and play something. I need to start developing some VR games. I've made simple VR prototype games just messing around when I was in college for game development using both Unity and the Unreal engine. I've done some neat things with AR, like using a playing card and making it to where if a phone's camera sees it, something will pop up, like a zombie or alien. I also made a cool map that would pop up when a camera "sees" a phone.
Fax was a perfectly serviceable system at the time! i never even got on the internet until about 1998! the idea that it would even be a thing i should think about let alone use never even crossed my mind
Companies still use fax. Earlier this year I had to place a phone terminal in a floor of the building because during renovations they tore it down and they then decided they wanted 5 fax lines.
Have you ever received a fax... on the beach? You will. And you will curse the idiot who sent you an illegible scan from the stone age when they could have just taken a picture with their phone.
Fax was way ahead of its time. Radio stations tested faxing newspapers overnite In late 30's and was the primary way for ships at sea to get weather until recently.
Have you ever taken a nap during your commute to and from work without having a wreck? Have you ever had groceries arrive at your door that you didn't even know you were out of? Have you ever had you phone write a report from your outline jotted down on a cocktail napkin? Have you ever had a personalized teaching experience just for you and your pace? You will. And the companies that'll bring it to you? Google, Samsung, and Apple. Have you ever understood the order taker at a drive thru? Well we can't work miracles.
Your last one is way off. In less than 5 years the order taker at the drive-thru will be Alexa, you will understand her perfectly, she will understand you perfectly and just deliver your order to the cooking personal if they will still exist by then. There is absolutely no need to hire and pay a living being for this job. Btw: You will also be able to understand all support staff, none of them will be talking with horrible Indian accent anymore because all of them will be Alexa as well. And the company that will bring it to you? Amazon.
Have you ever noticed your fridge ordering food you hate? You will once your ex learns hacking 101. Because security on fridges and other Internet-of-Targets devices will still be ridiculous. Have you ever had your toilet bowl reminding you of medication you forgot to take? You will.
Frank Winkhorst Technically yes, it´s almost done. Legally no, and it probably never will be allowed at all. There is too much uncertainty. Just imagine this scenario: Driver A, who is sleeping in the backseat, hits Driver B who is reading a newspaper or watching his favourite TV show. Who is to blame? Driver A says it must have been a problem with his car, as he obviously wasn´t driving the car. The car manufacturer says it must have been a problem with the software. The software manufacturer says it was a problem with the implementation of some sensors. The sensor manufacturer says their sensors worked flawlessly. Then a lawsuit follows that might take decades to settle. Meanwhile, driver B gets no money as the insurance of driver A refuses to pay as long as the lawsuit is unsettled. So it is pretty certain that self-driving cars will never be legally operated on the streets without a human driver who could take over every second, which completely destroys any advantage those cars would offer and that you would be paying for. I would maybe pay a hundred grands for a self-driving car, when I´m able to save time by letting the car drive while I do whatever else I have to do. But if I´m forced legally to permanently pay attanetion to the traffic while the car drives, which I assume to be way more exhausitng than just driving yourself, I wouldn´t pay a dime extra for it.
2045: Have you ever taken a tour of a fusion reactor to see where your power comes from. You will. In another 25 years because we don't have those yet.
NomadicMonk I was refering to the long standing fusion joke. Also, ITER started back in 2013, not 2019 and it will not be a powerplant. It will be the first reactor to break even and be able to produce power but it won’t be providing power to any homes it is purely experimental in order to understand how to better build commercial fusion reactors. The project is expected to be complete by 2025 but has already been delayed several times so it will probably be delayed even more, so maybe 2030? Then it will probably take another 5-10 years to make an economically viable reactor, so we are still 20 years away from fusion powerplants.. ”and always will be” ;) Though this time I honestly believe we will make it :D Also, as for your response to the other guy, we do have fusion reactors (I’ve actually been in one :D) but we don’t have fusion powerplants.
honestly i'll be taking a french class with a korean and a canadian in a little over an hour. how the world has changed over the last 2 years since the video was uploaded lol
but but - how will i get my boat home from the lake or cabin? How will I drive away garbage with a car trailer? How will i get into the dirt roads / woods with a car? How will i get my car down to the beach(Dirt roads) ? How can i rely on a car to get my wife to hospital when giving birth? How can i not drive a car? I get you will have the possibility of automatic driving. But naaah - it will be a looooooooong time before selfdriving is norm.. I should know - i have an TMX with FSD (AP 2.5)
Have you ever had a company use automation and subversion to make it impossible to cancel your account with them? You will. And the company to bring it to you, AT&T.
Actually, for several years now, we’ve had special classrooms at colleges that allow several classes in different locations to view the class live with video and audio in both directions.
Yeah I was doing that in about 2003 for Spanish class in high school. We met with students in Mexico. We had to all go to a big room that had the screen we could all see
I think much of their "failed" execution is really just altering the vision to make it easier for a 1993 consumer to understand what they're getting at. For example, a credit card swipe is a quick way to communicate "payment" - even if they had envisioned RFID tags, it wouldn't have been wise to put one in the commercial, as the viewer would not understand how the payment was being made. Same goes for the digital library. We all know a big building with books and tables is where you go to research and learn... when you only have 10 seconds to get an idea across, it makes sense to put your "the future of studying" commercial in this kind of setting. I think the better question to ask is why the future is so dimly lit and smoky. Is it really wise to base your optimistic vision of the future on some blend of Bladerunner and 1984?
Daniel Shults this reminds me of the commercial for the touch screen BlackBerry that showed an arrow mouse pointer floating above the user's finger as they moved it around the screen. Then they lifted their finger and did an extra tap to click.
AT&T bought ATM maker NCR in '91 which is probably why they were so keen on getting them involved in everything. Today ATMs are disappearing in much the same way as phone booths went a while back. TBH I think AT&T envisioned having a different piece of hardware for every task that wasn't practical on an ATM - you'd have a machine for faxing from the beach and a different machine for controlling your home automation and another different machine for making video conference calls from your beach hut.
when your body is rotting away literally but your mind is still connected to the net and live like normal without realizing anything is wrong. you will...
Ole Sauffaus I built a robot overlord at my last job. 99% of the tactical decisions of the company were made by it. Everyone was happy to obey. We fight with computers in movies. In real life, we happily obey. When is the last time you navigated on your own??? Nuff said.
Great video. I give this a 10/10 for the idea, and a 7/10 for the execution. Some videos that you do, you tend to ramble on, but this one you're on point.
2 /15-minute videos a week and doesn't overlap content and somehow I'm still balls deep into everything joe's saying. Joe's ramble is what makes it worth it, I mean for him and for us. Being more concise and analytical takes a lot more energy and time. Time he may not have. If this channel ever takes the turn to something that looks like 'Work" ill probably stop sucribing. Take this guys advice with a grain of salt.
You must be one of my hotel guests that raves about their stay then gives me 7/10! There was nothing wrong with the presentation or the idea - both merit 10/10.
I wish 1993 me (I was 9) could see 2018 tech. I’d be so much more impressed than watching its progression over 25 years. My little 9yo head would explode! I do remember watching something on TV when I was little about digital notebooks where you could read newspapers on a screen and carry it with you. I remember thinking how cool it was and hoping that someone would invent it before I died. I’m still waiting on my flying car though.
I'm so jelly. I've been waiting for decent tech my whole life, and it's still half baked and fueled by corporate narcissism. At least you can buy any kind of flying car that you want, you just don't get the economy of scale discounts, and you need a pilot license. Which, maybe that's a good thing, have you seen how people drive?
Misha Marx flying cars are a thing for many decades now, they’re called helicopters. And they didn’t get much more affordable since they where first invented 😒
I was 10 at the time & remember these ads. We got all this crazy sci-fi tech but still no flying cars or hoverboards. I'm with Elon on the flying cars though. That's just an accident waiting to happen, but dammit I want my hoverboard. I mean sure the LN2 ones are a thing & they're cool but I want what Bob Zemeckis promised us in Back to the Future II in the eighties.
AT&T did sign a proprietary contract with Apple, Inc. to distribute iPhones which was the primary game changer for smartphone technology competition. So, their contribution to “bringing it to us” was remarkable considering they were the main catalyst which brought the technology to us even if not directly.
Unfortunately though, this was a totally different AT&T at that time known as Southwestern Bell that brought us all this after buying AT&T and taking their name.
What's funny about that was Nokia tried the same deal with AT&T a year or so before Apple but it got shut down because AT&T didn't want wifi on the devices so they could control and sell all the data transfers.
Technically it was Cingular that signed the deal with Apple then AT&T’s acquisition of Cingular closed before the iPhone was released. So it wasn’t really AT&T’s vision.
I remember a TV special that came on around 1980, I think. I believe it may even been sponsored by AT&T. It's purpose was to showcase the latest technology that was just around the corner. Being a Sci-fi nerd then and in my teens I made a point to watch it. I remember it opened with the host, who may have been Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame, He's outside and talking into a "wristwatch telephone". It has a small telescoping antenna on the side. He finishes his conversation and pushes the antenna in and turns to the camera and says something to the effect, " Pretty neat huh? Well, scientists say we will all be using devices like this in a bout 10 to 15 years" Cool!, I thought. And sure enough during the 90's is when we saw cellphone technology take off. When I began to see those bulky cell phones carried around by rich assholes, I knew that was the wristwatch telephone they were talking about in that TV special.
Dude, in 1993, a long distance phone call for free was a pipe dream. I'm talking about within the continental US. We had NO IDEA about the leaps technology would make in such a short time. I'm writing this in Feb. of 2020. For posterity, please let me know how things are years from now.
Well everything got shut down two months after your comment, and now Elon Musk owns Twitter, er, "X"... But I can make a doctor's visit remotely via video call while sick at home, get a drug prescription, and go pick it up at my local pharmacy within an hour's time, so that's cool, I guess. It's possible to construct an AI-rendered video of Joe Biden and Donald Trump talking shit to each other over Xbox Live chat while playing a video game, so that's fun. 2023 has been weird.
Omg. For literally almost three decades these commercials have been in my head, and the whole time i couldnt remember who made the commercials. Every single time i asked Google to turn on my lights or use my phone to turn on the lights for the dogs or turn on the sprinklers, or facetime my nephew, these are the exact commercials i would think of.
Have you ever traveled coast to coast by train? In two hours? You will. Have you connected to the internet using your thoughts? You will. Have you ever replaced your damaged organs with one 3d printed using your own DNA? Have you ever bought physical and intellectual advantages for you or your children using gene editing technology? Have you ever spent a week in a hotel, in low earth orbit? You will. Have you ever flown to your vacation in a plane that has no pilot? You will.
I actually dream this, that I invented this. I made a today prototype. Where You put this cube about a size as a ottoman in the middle of your house. Use these square things to plug into with your current AC appliances. Until the technology is built-in the appliances themselves.
@@sproketjennings inductive charging has existed since the 1800's and it really hasn't come very far since then... energous is far from being a good functional solution. In 25 years we might have something good.
...And that´s because a very small group of people grew their wealth to extreme proportions while "the poor" only grew theirs a decent amount. It´s really a win-win situation, everyone gets richer. Tax the rich harder you might say, but then fewer people would bother getting rich in the first place. The economy would slow down, less money invested, less jobs, less technological progress, and "the poor" would be worse off than without those taxes.
There’s a happy medium. We humans can’t handle total equality of outcomes. But a broadening wealth gap where the top 10% hold 50+% of the wealth is equally unsustainable. There has to be a better life just ahead of you (attainable) for most of the population, where basic needs are met, and opportunity for advancement is fairly abundant.
Market is not a zero sum game. It is true that rich people are getting richer and richer but it is for poor as well. Look what we are doing now: we get yt for free, and we can afford technology to access it. So we are richer than people 25 years ago. Guess what? People making this technology become even richer. It is a good thing. And those rich people can afford developing even more crazy stuff. Look at Elon Musk for example.
At some level, as an adult, you have to take responsibility for where you are and what you’ve achieved. Simplistically categorizing Rich vs Poor paints yourself as a powerless victim. Victims never win. Winners take responsibility and do something about it. The government is not going to save anyone; you’ll have to save yourself! And we all can improve our situations!
My uncle worked for ATT as an engineer in the mid 90's I remember watching him hand code on paper ( ! ) the math needed for voice recognition software. He was coding voice to text long before it existed.
One thing I think you were dead wrong about is the kids talking to other kids on their tablets.They're practicing a foreign language and this does happen now! And also have been happening for at least 10 years when I was in high school.
Indeed good way to give far more students the opportunity to benefit from interacting with real native speakers of the language they are learning, after all it's not like going on a foreign exchange year is anything like within most families budgets so technology offers the next best thing for more people I guess.
@@davidwill1320 He was wrong about the medical thing as well. It's not a thing in the USA but it is in Canada. You have an OHIP (or equivalent) card which the hospital swipes and it gives the hospital access to all your medical records and yes even your Xrays and stuff.
Plus just because one kid is Asian doesn't mean he's in Asia. One kid may be in Maine and the other one thousands of miles away in San Francisco. Racist Joe.
Oh when they said "the company that'll bring it to you" I assumed they meant they would be the service provider and the devices would be made by other companies.
The toll booth one blew my mind too and I was a grown woman! AT&T had a lot of influence on the tech used today. Unix systems at Bell Labs. . . hello? It's the system behind all that. Whelp, it's Thanksgiving 2018! Finally got the wifi password at a relative's house; I've been binge watching and subbed. PEACE
(AT&T) Bell Laboratories was (inarguably) the biggest single contributor to our current information technology that fulfilled these predictions - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs#Discoveries_and_developments - I request a video from you with the major innovations from Bell Labs that made it so, and an acknowledgement that AT&T as the parent company of Bell Labs deserves more credit than you ascribe here.
The global virtual classroom may not have become a thing for kids but it has become that for adults. In 2006 I graduated Oxford having never stepped foot in a classroom on campus. The entire degree was online with virtual weekly classes, some of us were going to school in the dark. The standard of education was no less than if we had been onsite. Of course 2020 has made this a reality for many universities around the world.
No Thanks! Information Security is sooooo bad right now that even considering how much better it got in the last 25 years and how it could be better in another 25, is still too big a risk of brain hacking
I TOTALLY remember this Ad campaign. This is probably the best video I've seen from you. Totally interesting to look back on this kind of stuff. I think your ratings were almost entirely correct. (Perhaps a little harsh on the toll booth thing.) For me, the biggest thing is the cross-generational nature of the video. I'm 42. My sons are 11 & 12. I actually pulled my kids aside and played this video for them. "Look kids - see what they thought when I was young" This video gets: 10/10 Concept 9.99/10 execution (too mean about the toll booth)
Did they not do that one where... "Have you ever needed to collect a pension but found out your retirement fund was spent by your employer? You wont...but unfortunately its legal and the company that will bring it to you is negligent...." Or "Have you ever needed to have your private information sold to the highest bidder? You won't, but the company's that will bring it to you and not give a shit are Google, Apple, Facebook and AT&T!"
The card for medical records is actually quite a good idea even if it looks a bit out-of-date and unnecessary. The problem is records being hacked and so then blackmail. But if the medical records system is offline and done through encrypted cards, that problem is mostly solved, particularly because filing cabinets can't do much better. The UK is currently having a hacking issue with medical records.
Germany does this. But it also totally works without a card. Since health insurance is general, everyone is assumed to be insured at all times. So if your card is outdated or you lost it, and you walk into the doctor, you just give your name and birthdate and they hand you an invoice for the medical procedure (whatever it was, in my case it was an X-ray) and you call your insurance, tell them you got a medical bill to pay at dr.XYZ and that you need a new card and they go "Yeah, sure, we take care of it. Bye" problem solved, couple days later I got my new card.
This is the reason that the electronic medical record is so far behind in the United States. Privacy and security laws regarding protected health information are so strict that there is no way that disparate clinics can connect electronically. Clearly there are quality electronic records, but they don't interact with each other. Even within the socialized Federal health systems (Veterans Association, active military, etc.), there is no direct link. But there has never been a large scale health data breech here.
Brilliant video. It is amazing how much has changed in such a short period of time. They could not have imagined how much technology would be part of our lives. I can't wait to see your video in 25 years. Happy New Year Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA
Simon Keegan Yup. The tech is already out there and it’s called CRISPR. We are maybe a decade away from having “designer babies”. And they will make us miss Millenials SO much.
Check out the YT channel “A Capella Science.” They have a number of science parody songs, including “CRISPR/CAS9,” based on a 1950s pop song (Mr. Sandman). Also a Queen parody on string theory, “Bohemian Gravity,” and a Wicked parody with a musical conversation between dead Newton and dead Einstein titled “Defining Gravity” (whose parts are sung by two talented women science presenters with their own YT channels). Edit: misspelled “A Capella Science.”
Have you created physically and mentally superior babies? Did they grow up to be teenagers who really were smarter and better then everyone around them? Did your existing power structure crumble because these kids weren't better solders, they are the new masters? Did you discover the reason for the Fermi Paradox on why there are no space empires because we just destroyed humanity as we've know it?
Simon Keegan, remember the 1936 Olympics, how the blonde blue eyed superhumans got their arse kicked by people with dark skin tone, you'd have thought Hitler would have got the message, add to this how Nazi Germany made arguably the greatest scientist to ever live Albert Einstein flee for his life because he was Jewish.
The 1990s optimisum of the 21st Century had to be experienced to be fully understood. I was a teenager in the 90s, and the ideas of what we could one day have was a very reassuring feeling: the future was going to be a-okay. It's now very comforting to look back on those days. "Beyond 2000" also helped contribute to the thrill of what could be.
AT&T created the Unix operating system at Bell Labs. This was the basis of Linux which became.... yep, that's right, Android. So actually I would argue that you are wrong Joe - AT&T did more than you know. The entire modern world is built on the back of Unix. They nailed it.
The whole world isn't built on the back of Unix. Doesn't apple have a huge marketshare with iOS which was also out before android? Don't a huge percentage of servers (which truly run everything, not your phone) run Windows? I think you are giving Unix a bit too much credit.
Everything you say is true but it's not like AT&T actively was a crucial player in any of the critical stuff that needed to happen. Your argument is like saying the Greeks are to thank for the space program and landing a man on the moon because we use lots of Greek symbols in maths. And while it's true that the Greeks got the ball rolling on geometry and logic and philosophy -- a lot of other people after them built on that. Same is true for AT&T's Unix. It was a great thing that got a lot of other things started but many other people and companies helped build the world today and deserve the lion's share of the credit.
And I would say, even more importantly, we're all seeming to forget who Steve Jobs partnered with to make the first iPhone possible... only AT&T was willing to give Apple the control they needed to build the communication aspects of the revolutionary device that is ubiquitous in nearly all of these old ad ideas. I'm not fan of AT&T, but I would say they really delivered on this promise to be a part of these futuristic trends in their partnership on the iPhone.
Have you ever sent a "voice message" just by thinking via neuralnet? Accessed the internet in your mind? Become too distracted to even live by the inescapable temptation of having all the pleasures and comforts of your cell phone and more within your own head without even having to lift a finger? You will... and the company to bring it to you? Neuralink*
AT@T Created the UNIX operating system in the 70's and that morphed into the open standard non propriety operating systems for the interwebs we now have. So I would have to disagree.
Have you ever had your coffee made for you seconds before you knew you wanted one? Have you ever walked to Disneyland Beijing from your living room farcaster? Have you ever downloaded knowledge without having to learn it? Have you ever uploaded your mind to your flatmates razor for a prank? Have you ever walked in on a philosophical debate between your fridge and toaster? Have you ever had your glass of whiskey tell you it's a bad idea to call your ex now?
Back in the 1960s when I was in college (on campus) the University of Florida had a system to allow graduates who were working at the big space contracting companies (this was the Apollo era) to take graduate level courses over closed circuit TV at their workplaces from a professor on campus (as much as 300 miles away if they worked south of Boca Raton). This system used very expensive (at that time) analog video leased lines in both directions and allowed push button hand raising to ask questions. I never had the chance to use it, since I graduated when Apollo was shutting down and went to work for companies not involved in it, but there was a lot of promotional material on campus about it. The system was called GENESYS, for Graduate ENgineering Education SYStem. I don’t know if this brute force, damn the cost they can afford the fees approach was copied at other schools, or if today’s technology has made it more feasible (I suspect it has), or if the original GENESYS with upgrades is still offered.
10/10 Right now I'm sitting I my home, buck naked, having a cup of tea while traversing the planet on a device the size of a deck of cards. How cool (and aweful if a visual) us that? 25 years from now: same scenario but the device will be implanted and powered from my body's electrical field.
11:30 - "Proto iPad thing". That's an EO. It was a real product which you could buy in 1993. I had the pleasure of working on it in a company which really was backed by AT&T. The big aerial is because it worked with analog mobile phones. You can find out more about it here: www.hembrow.eu/personal/eo.html
I worked at one of the old AT&T Phone Centers before and including the infancy of cell phones (and super early pager-watches) and we had these for sale, but I don't remember anyone selling one, though. If I recall, there was also one that had a corded handset that went across the top where the EO logo was, it was pretty clumsy. We had a big sign with "Sent a fax from the beach? You will." Most of the reaction to the sign was "But why would you want to?" I remember going to North Carolina for training on it and after playing around with it a bit, I got the general idea, and was showing the trainer things it could do he didn't know about. I'm not bragging, just it was a fairly simple thing to use, especially by today's standards. It had a small digital voice recording memory that I was playing with and accidentally played what I recorded loud enough for the teacher to hear, he came over and I recorded him saying "It's people like you that make people like me hate people like you." So of course as soon as he turned around, I played it back. Now I thought that was a clever way to show folks it recorded things, but since the trainer was my boss's boss... eh, well, I was only 21 or so. I also remember the handwriting recognition was horrible, so much so, they made fun of it on the Simpsons. It was interesting, but bulky, kinda slow, even for the time and incredibly expensive. It was like $1500 at first. It wasn't out very long, which is why most people don't remember it. But if you think that was bad, their video phone was even worse. Both people had to have one and it was $800 or more, the screen was pretty small and quality of video was roughly skype on it's worst day today.
Things that we should be able to do in 25 years. VR technology Commonly integrated into work and education Sleeping whilst your car drives you to work. Curing most cancer relatively easily and painlessly using CRISPR Mind controlled robotic prosthetics More complex domestic robotics, for example the Moley robotic kitchen Augmented reality technology, either wearable or integrated into our bodies, for all sorts of different purposes, work, safety, socialising Things we might be able to do in 25 years Proper holograms. Full dive VR technology 3d printed food Lab grown meat to replace the environmentally disasterous animal farming industry Fusion power Quantum computers Space tourism People living on mars and/or the moon Things we should have had 25 years ago Little paper tabs inside the edge of plastic bags, so you don't have to spend 5 minutes rubbing trying to get them open.
Have you ever visited a “cave cafe” where you are protected from harmful UV rays, free radicles, and airborne pollutants, in a cool and refreshing subterranean environment protected from another ‘hottest day on record? You will , and Starbucks will bring it to you.
1) remote learning - when I started my CS master program be cause I did have to go to remote classroom with other students where we could contact the instructor in realtime. So AT&T was just not thinking it ahead far enough. By the way it was using AT&T service. 2) It was AT&T that brought you all of this via their division Bell Laboratories. 3) I could open a door with my voice though through my watch/phone. Though I have not found a need to turn on the feature. 4) in Michigan you can go to a kiosk in some supermarkets and renew your license. Well enough for now.
no, you won't. that brings serious legal consequences, especially with today's tracking tendency. You don't want Google to be able to read your mind. You think about drinking a coffee, and there goes the hundreds of coffee ads. Even worse, if the gadgets can control your mind too. You DO NOT want that!
@@jasonferge3686 the problem with ads isn't that they are annoying, the real problem is that they make people want to buy things they don't ennd, or thigs that could be bought for a lower price. And no, they don't listen to your mic, unless you are stupid enough to use a virtual assistant and accept their TOS.
In 25 years AI and procedural generation will allow a virtual Dungeon Master to design detailed virtual role playing scenarios with the kind of depth and reactivity that is currently only possible in a modern tabletop environment. Instead of game designers having to script and plan out every possible narrative path (which limits the complexity of CRPGs) the AI will be able to dynamically adjust to player choices and create believable outcomes for anything the players can come up with.
The gamer part of me is saying "Yes,Please!". The D.M. part of me is saying "Thank you for the ideas AI, I was drawing a blank to day." J.K. I like your idea.
*Great! But don't know about the next 25 years, but another 50 years from now...* *... Instead of physically operating a device to achieve whatever action we want...* *We'll be able to mentally think it all into happening...!!!* 👍🏽 👍🏽 👍🏽
Did you cancel your AT&T service and still get billed? You will - AT&T predicting the future lol
You truly can see the future!! Have you ever talked to 4 AT&T reps for two hours to unlock the sim of a phone that has been paid off for a year..... You will.
OMG that is amazing
In the future you will have the ability to cancel ATT.
Right now it is almost impossible...
@@Arrowed_Sparrow you guys are implying that all cell phone companies don't do this..
@@tylergarza8695 ......That's fair. But at the moment I have at&t, so until my lazy ass switches... AT&T is what's wrong with this world. :)
@@FulmerDuckworth So, a mixup that happened 25 years ago, to just you, makes you boycott an entire company?
Also, i GUARANTEE you use AT&T products and just don't know it. They're more than just a cell phone service provider, no matter how you look at it, without AT&T, you wouldn't have much of the technology you use today, from Integrated processors, to the very infrastructure our communication networks are built on, can be traced back to AT&T.
It's your fault for paying it more than you had to. Big companies like that don't actively seek out collections for fines of 8 fucking dollars. They likely sent you a collection statement that looked official to try and scare you into paying (as most service providers do by default, and not on a case by case basis.)
If you had already paid it, then the solution was simply to reply to the letter saying you had, or actually show some initiative in getting in contact with someone able to resolve the issue. People make mistakes, and no company ran by people is flawless. You're just a petty dickhead that wrongly thinks they tried to take advantage of you.
Have you ever refueled (recharged) your car at 90 MPH? You will. Have you seen a teacher who can instruct at a speed that is perfect for everyone? You will. Has your government gotten smart enough that you no longer have to file taxes? Don't worry... They won't.
In Sweden we don't really have to do anything unless you're self employed or some special case, they just send you a paper or you can do it digitally or even on your phone and just sign off on what they said is the correct taxes and it's done.
yea, super easy!
@ Drudley: it's the same in Denmark (which is probably identical to Sweden to anyone not from Scandinavia --- but no, really it isn't). If you're OK with the assessment of your taxes by the government you can just do _nothing_ (don't even actively have to say OK), and that's the end of that... which is of course what most of us do.
Drudley It's the same here in the UK. You only need to tell the tax office if you're self-employed or if you think they've got your taxes wrong.
The parody commercial for refueling at 90 MPH would show the guy sticking a wireless nozzle into his center console.
Have you ever sent private photos to the wrong person?
You will!!
Just seeing these commercials, hearing the music and Tom Selleck's voice...gives me a warm feeling of nostalgia. I was so much younger then and the world held so much promise. Thank you Joe!
it still holds promise, people just dont trust promises anymore. theyd rather just say "oh well what can i do?" instead of actually looking around to see what they could do
Nah, the world broke its promise. We should say, "the world holds so much suggestion" because it doesn't _promise_ squat.
Seems like we are more cynical and hopeless now, right?
I didn’t know it was Tom Selleck.
Have you ever had your health insurance application rejected by an AI which identifies your suicidal tendencies based on your social media interaction ? You will.
oncaphillis have you ever had a robotic doctor treat perfectly treat a injury at zero marginal cost. You will
+Zach: Why not both? o.o
Benjamin Nolan An A.I to develop your suicidal thoughts, so another A.I can treat them lol.
oncaphillis: AI of the future will be instrumental in stopping suicide..... only to turn around and "liquidate" a few million due to overpopulation and lack of resources. *Does not compute.*
Have you ever bone a 10 out 10... perfect looking... exactly to your taste and fantasies ROBOT? You will....
Ironically, Blockbusters had the chance to buy Netflix out but they turned it down as they didn't think it had a future in it.
Same thing with Yahoo and Google if I'm not mistaken
And my dad refused to buy Polaroid at 8. What's your point?
@@marccolten9801 That your Dad is clearly smarter than Blockbuster.
My understanding is Blockbuster had their own idea how to do a Netflix type service.....it wasn’t that obvious how to do the infrastructure at the time. Blockbuster bet wrong and underestimated how short a time Netflix could ramp up. Netflix had cloud services available and innovated on reliability (look up ‘chaos monkey’ sometime). Also most of Netflix business at the time was mailing DVDs. It was a defensible decision. Wrong but defensible.
@@DaFetrow Many years ago my therapist told me that just because everything turned out wrong doesn't mean it was a bad decision. I continue to think that it's the very definition of a bad decision.
Me: "Hey, 2018 Joe. Would you believe in 2 years there will be a global pandemic that will shut down the world and all of our meetings will be done from home by teleconference?" 2018 Joe: "Yeah, right!"
This!!
10 out of 10
I came here to say that, but you beat me to it.
Hey "4 months ago" michaelfink64, would you believe that in just 4 months there would be some relatively serious concern about a second Civil War? You ain't seen nothing yet.
But you do sort of point out an interesting point. At the start of this, we were so worried that the pandemic might end civilization. Certainly a number of fields are pretty much toast, but like any vacuum, "things" just rushed in to take their place and all in all; we're not doing to bad. Imagine that: we just happened to have developed the right level of technology, with no preparation or fore knowledge, to actually be able to survive this thing... Anyone else wonder if Fate just has us in the tutorial of the game called "Life" right now?
Hey michaelfink64 from 5 Months ago, did you know this pandemic is still going on since you send this?
You didn't include my favorite "You Will" commercial. There was one where you checked out at the grocery store without unpacking the cart. A scanner that resembled an airport metal detector was able to read all the items in your cart at once and then you just paid.
...and Amazon just opened their first cashierless grocery store that does that, but it just charges your account as you go out the door.
Here in Japan there is a clothing store called UNIGLO where you do exactly that! Put all the clothes in a bin style compartment and it tells your total.. slide your card .. done!
@@louzustak5383 Spelled UNIQLO, but yeah, that system is pretty cool. In fact, you don't even need to take the clothes out of the shopping basket but just put the whole basket in the bin.
@Ricardo Montana I know exactly which commercial you are talking about. That one is an IBM commercial though.
ua-cam.com/video/wzFhBGKU6HA/v-deo.html
Here in The Netherlands, grocery shops have this for years now.
No mention of the fact that driver was going like 90 miles an hour through that narrow toll booth while swiping that card? lol
Is it just me, or did that part of the clip have a very Death Race/Mad Max/ air about it?
Almost like the camera cut away moments before the car's autoguns deployed.
there is literally no other car on the highway... i lived in france and in the us and im living in hong kong right now, have to say that is only possible if it's post apocalyptic lol
Have you ever crashed while paying a toll? You will!
Lmao yes I laughed at that 😂
Oh yeah, exactly. "We imagine a change in paying tolls. But that change will be that it will be like playing Russian Roulette" I guess they have cameras pointed at that toll booth and broadcast the best crashes to a violence-craving audience.
Have you forgotten all about AT&T? You will.
Who are they?..
oh i hope so
American based phone company
Thus the letter A in their company name.
i know this , i was just anwersing dude who asked
Post-COVID voice from the future: dude... you have NO IDEA when it comes to telecommuting... holy shit. Let. Me. Tell. You.
7:33 actually that's how we do it in Germany. The key medical data can be stored on the card we get from our insurance. :)
japan also.
I don't think they store our medical data but rather our insurance info on the card or in their systems which identify the card and the data is stored online.
Ruben Kelevra, in Germany it's stored like a bank card, it's not your actual bank account stored on the card, nor is your medical data stored there. However, it's darn close.
In terms of having medical data in a centralised place, Australia recently tried to do this and the backlash was HUGE. Turns out there can be problems with privacy, security vulnerability and corruption if you let the government have access to all of your health records.
In Belgium this information is on our identity card.
So if we go to the hospital, they scan our identity card.
I live in Iowa. Got my driver's license renewed at an automated kiosk in the HyVee supermarket, so that is a thing.
Why do you need to renew your drivers licenses? What's the reason behind that?
Where I live, you just get a license and it doesn't expire.
You can ofcourse lose your license for things like driving a red light, speeding, drinking and driving,...
Part of the reason is that drivers license fees can be a potential revenue stream for the state. The bigger part of the reason is that how you look at 18 will almost always be different than how you look at 30, and you will most likely live someplace other than you did before. Since we have no national ID system, we rely on a patchwork network of state-level IDs and Drivers Licenses to provide identity services to citizens. Forcing people to periodically update their information means that it won't be completely useless for identification purposes.
Despite this, of course, I still get people with old-ass drivers licenses with addresses they haven't lived at in years. I'm really frustrated with Arizona because those drivers licenses don't expire until the driver reaches 60 years old (whereafter they have to get periodic vision tests and the IDs expire semi-regularly to accommodate this requirement). I've had 50 year old men come in with their drivers license from decades ago and it's like I can't actually tell if that's actually theirs. You expect me to accept this for financial services when the picture looks nothing like you? No, get out.
Yeah, in retrospect it's probably entirely because otherwise people would walk around with the ID/DL from when they were 20 and they'd basically never update it.
@@HighFrictionZone Ah, ok.
Since you don't have an identity card, it does make sense to use something else.
Still baffles me why you keep working with such a patchwork system though.
Do you know of any plans to start using a proper ID system?
@@Robbedem
doesn't your license have your photo on it?
@@davidrapalyea7727 yes it has, but if someone is driving for over 30 years, it gets a bit outdated. ;)
If they’d had everything happening at home, it would have looked sad. They might have actually predicted it, but elected to change it to make it more appealing.
Yeah. The future isn't as romantic if they show the actors in their underwear with dorito crumbs all over their chests.
Yeah, I think people definitely could have predicted handheld computers that wirelessly connected to the Internet back then. Probably not smartphones, would have looked more like a Windows CE device, but I think somehow people knew the actual future would look really depressing. I mean, think about it... isn't it kind of sad that people never go anywhere, and everyone has one boring, expensive slab of plastic that does everything, and they all look almost exactly the same? At least in the future visualized, people still have specific spaces set aside for things, and devices are tailored to specific things. I don't know, I think we'd be better off in the alternate future where smartphones were never popular because wireless tech was a dead end.
Same thing with the "chip that holds all information" it's just something for the viewer to covet. Especially in these circumstances, the products don't actually exist.
@@jeremyandrews3292 I mean Star Trek predicted the cloud, but didn't put it on their tablets, so that's kind of weird...
Definitely a lot of these choices were made because of things that had nothing to do with prediction. They had to show a credit card in the toll segment, so people would understand they were paying for something. And 100% they needed to show an AT&T credit card.
I was working at AT&T Microelectronics (formerly Bell Labs, later Lucent) when these commercials were made. You'd be surprised how much of this was actually enabled by the components they were bringing out at the time.
That's actually fascinating. You still have any contacts working in microelectronics or the modern equivalent?
Did they have flat screens back then? Cos how did those kids have a flat screen mounted up by the ceiling?? Last I remember every TV in ‘95 weighed about 137 lbs and no one dared to have them precariously hung on the wall.
@@enjoybrad81 Like a lot of things, they existed but there was no way to make them cheap enough for mass market consumption.
Yup. Bell Labs - and Xerox-PARC - were the parents of just about everything we have technology-wise today. Can't think of any kind of research centers doing comparable work today.
Oh there's plenty of research, but the results are immediately locked up into big tech ecosystems instead of moving the whole industry forward.
Have you ever spent more time in virtual reality than in real life? You will.
THIS! I think we'll spend 90% of our time in VR and probably the rest in AR.
Some will, but the majority won't. If you're talking about augmented reality, that's another matter, aaand yet they're somewhat similar. Google Glass which failed miserably is a good example... the technology, cultural and social evolution just wasn't there yet.
i already do
Knock knock, you're already here.
@@lucywucyyy I got an Oculus Rift and I almost can't even play it in the summer. LOL! That thing can get pretty warm on your face when it is hot out. They are going to have to figure out how to stop the heat issues before I can stay in them for too long. It isn't bad if I play it any other time, but the summer heat. I'll have sweat dripping down my face. I haven't played with mine for a few months or so. I might break it out and play something. I need to start developing some VR games. I've made simple VR prototype games just messing around when I was in college for game development using both Unity and the Unreal engine. I've done some neat things with AR, like using a playing card and making it to where if a phone's camera sees it, something will pop up, like a zombie or alien. I also made a cool map that would pop up when a camera "sees" a phone.
Have you ever been chased by a Boston Dynamics killbot? You will...
LOL
I love how well into the 90s fax was considered high tech.
Fax was a perfectly serviceable system at the time! i never even got on the internet until about 1998! the idea that it would even be a thing i should think about let alone use never even crossed my mind
Companies still use fax. Earlier this year I had to place a phone terminal in a floor of the building because during renovations they tore it down and they then decided they wanted 5 fax lines.
Have you ever received a fax... on the beach? You will. And you will curse the idiot who sent you an illegible scan from the stone age when they could have just taken a picture with their phone.
Fax was way ahead of its time. Radio stations tested faxing newspapers overnite In late 30's and was the primary way for ships at sea to get weather until recently.
Still have to fax a few government documents, but not many in the US
Can we talk about how all the lighting and architecture from the ATT commercials look like they are straight out of a dystopian cyberpunk movie?
Have you ever taken a nap during your commute to and from work without having a wreck?
Have you ever had groceries arrive at your door that you didn't even know you were out of?
Have you ever had you phone write a report from your outline jotted down on a cocktail napkin?
Have you ever had a personalized teaching experience just for you and your pace?
You will. And the companies that'll bring it to you? Google, Samsung, and Apple.
Have you ever understood the order taker at a drive thru? Well we can't work miracles.
Bryan Lee Williams good ones: except i don’t think it will be the existing status quo, any more than it was AT&T
Your last one is way off. In less than 5 years the order taker at the drive-thru will be Alexa, you will understand her perfectly, she will understand you perfectly and just deliver your order to the cooking personal if they will still exist by then. There is absolutely no need to hire and pay a living being for this job. Btw: You will also be able to understand all support staff, none of them will be talking with horrible Indian accent anymore because all of them will be Alexa as well. And the company that will bring it to you? Amazon.
Have you ever noticed your fridge ordering food you hate? You will once your ex learns hacking 101. Because security on fridges and other Internet-of-Targets devices will still be ridiculous.
Have you ever had your toilet bowl reminding you of medication you forgot to take? You will.
you forgot amazon
Frank Winkhorst Technically yes, it´s almost done. Legally no, and it probably never will be allowed at all. There is too much uncertainty. Just imagine this scenario: Driver A, who is sleeping in the backseat, hits Driver B who is reading a newspaper or watching his favourite TV show. Who is to blame? Driver A says it must have been a problem with his car, as he obviously wasn´t driving the car. The car manufacturer says it must have been a problem with the software. The software manufacturer says it was a problem with the implementation of some sensors. The sensor manufacturer says their sensors worked flawlessly. Then a lawsuit follows that might take decades to settle. Meanwhile, driver B gets no money as the insurance of driver A refuses to pay as long as the lawsuit is unsettled.
So it is pretty certain that self-driving cars will never be legally operated on the streets without a human driver who could take over every second, which completely destroys any advantage those cars would offer and that you would be paying for. I would maybe pay a hundred grands for a self-driving car, when I´m able to save time by letting the car drive while I do whatever else I have to do. But if I´m forced legally to permanently pay attanetion to the traffic while the car drives, which I assume to be way more exhausitng than just driving yourself, I wouldn´t pay a dime extra for it.
2045: Have you ever taken a tour of a fusion reactor to see where your power comes from. You will. In another 25 years because we don't have those yet.
Nah, Fusion is 20 years away. Always 20 years away, not 25.
NomadicMonk I was refering to the long standing fusion joke. Also, ITER started back in 2013, not 2019 and it will not be a powerplant. It will be the first reactor to break even and be able to produce power but it won’t be providing power to any homes it is purely experimental in order to understand how to better build commercial fusion reactors.
The project is expected to be complete by 2025 but has already been delayed several times so it will probably be delayed even more, so maybe 2030? Then it will probably take another 5-10 years to make an economically viable reactor, so we are still 20 years away from fusion powerplants.. ”and always will be” ;) Though this time I honestly believe we will make it :D
Also, as for your response to the other guy, we do have fusion reactors (I’ve actually been in one :D) but we don’t have fusion powerplants.
Nailed it
@John Buick Exactly. Well put.
honestly i'll be taking a french class with a korean and a canadian in a little over an hour. how the world has changed over the last 2 years since the video was uploaded lol
Yes I thought Joe was wrong on this. My niece does virtual teaching and she has students from everywhere.
"Have you ever put your child in a car to go to school.... With no driver? You will"
Have you ever tried to hide from a robot for your life? .. you will and the company will get it to you is (All of them)
Parth v so I will suffer least!
LOL
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Ali Muhammad Ali why hide? You realise resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.
Even Hugh knew it: "Resistance is NOT futile..."
“Have you ever had decent internet speeds in a rural setting? You will not, and you will still pay us more than everyone else!” -AT&T
Please tell me I’m not the only one with experience with AT&T’s internet monopoly of certain areas of the south.
Starlink to the rescue!
@@iconic762 daddy elon will save your soul
I was going to say Starlink too!
Same, Starlink is going to be so good.
Have you ever taken a phone call, while getting in a car accident?
You will!!
@Mellvar / Awesome!
And the company that’ll bring it to you? AT&T
haha
Have you ever driven a car? you won't
I'll get a lot more enjoyment from my car when I can be legally drunk when it's taking me to my destination.
but but - how will i get my boat home from the lake or cabin? How will I drive away garbage with a car trailer? How will i get into the dirt roads / woods with a car?
How will i get my car down to the beach(Dirt roads) ? How can i rely on a car to get my wife to hospital when giving birth? How can i not drive a car? I get you will have the possibility of automatic driving. But naaah - it will be a looooooooong time before selfdriving is norm.. I should know - i have an TMX with FSD (AP 2.5)
Have you ever had a company use automation and subversion to make it impossible to cancel your account with them?
You will.
And the company to bring it to you, AT&T.
Comcast.
Actually, for several years now, we’ve had special classrooms at colleges that allow several classes in different locations to view the class live with video and audio in both directions.
heh heh welcome to 2020
Yeah I was doing that in about 2003 for Spanish class in high school. We met with students in Mexico. We had to all go to a big room that had the screen we could all see
I remember when it was something my college was setting up the tech for back in the late 90s. I was so bummed that none of my classes got to use it.
I think much of their "failed" execution is really just altering the vision to make it easier for a 1993 consumer to understand what they're getting at. For example, a credit card swipe is a quick way to communicate "payment" - even if they had envisioned RFID tags, it wouldn't have been wise to put one in the commercial, as the viewer would not understand how the payment was being made. Same goes for the digital library. We all know a big building with books and tables is where you go to research and learn... when you only have 10 seconds to get an idea across, it makes sense to put your "the future of studying" commercial in this kind of setting.
I think the better question to ask is why the future is so dimly lit and smoky. Is it really wise to base your optimistic vision of the future on some blend of Bladerunner and 1984?
Daniel Shults this reminds me of the commercial for the touch screen BlackBerry that showed an arrow mouse pointer floating above the user's finger as they moved it around the screen. Then they lifted their finger and did an extra tap to click.
AT&T bought ATM maker NCR in '91 which is probably why they were so keen on getting them involved in everything.
Today ATMs are disappearing in much the same way as phone booths went a while back.
TBH I think AT&T envisioned having a different piece of hardware for every task that wasn't practical on an ATM - you'd have a machine for faxing from the beach and a different machine for controlling your home automation and another different machine for making video conference calls from your beach hut.
@@joinedupjon you obviously don't live in NYC, where stores are being closed and replaced with banks of ATMs.
Daniel Shults on point. Was about to say all of that until you came along.
ultimately loss of freedom and privacy should have been one of their commercials. but nobody would have believed them back then.
when your body is rotting away literally but your mind is still connected to the net and live like normal without realizing anything is wrong.
you will...
Maybe in 10 000 years. Definitely not in 25.
Reminds me of the plot in Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society though I've certainly seen similar ideas elsewhere.
@@grn1 a man of culture, I see. Lol
I think that's what I was thinking when I typed the original comment
California has a DMV "ATM." There's one in my local Ralph's supermarket. I've never used it though.
Yeah, but you can only check and pay your registration
Norway has photobooths for passports and DL. Now, that is 90 degree angle to the granny behind the counter, and human supervised, but still.
93 was a bender year, I don't remember any of these. The company that brought that, Budweiser......
Wine coolers for me. Remember them? I don't, because of wine coolers.
I may have alzheimer's... but at least I don't have alzheimer's...
Crazy, I vaguely remember Tom Sellecks voice, but drew a blank on most of the commercials?
"Bud"........"weiser".....🐸🐸🐸
One thing ATT missed on soooo big;
ATT: You will send faxes from the beach
Reality: What's a fax?
financial institutions still use fax on a daily basis.
A LOT of government & financial institutions still require faxes.
@Oceanic Dangernoodle ?!?!?!
We still have fax servers in our datacenters, and they get used a LOT.
Fax machines are ubiquitous in the business world.
Have you ever sought shelter from your machine overlords?
You will ...
Ole Sauffaus I built a robot overlord at my last job. 99% of the tactical decisions of the company were made by it. Everyone was happy to obey. We fight with computers in movies. In real life, we happily obey. When is the last time you navigated on your own??? Nuff said.
will they find you instantly cause of their tech? they will.
@@mrjava66 I use google map and I don't always follow it's route, but just to see how much time I saved by going my own route.
Skynet
I Challenge You, Joe Scott, to make this "25 years from now" Video.
There is actually a app called SeatGeek that will show you the view from a concert/sports seat
At&t will bring you everything! Except the right amount on your bill...
Have you ever went hungry making 100k a year, you will.
Kal Random lmfaoooo Nyc bro
Not where I'm from.
Food security has increased steadily in each of the last five decades. It will be fine for much longer as well.
In 25 years $37,000 to $50,000. Oh, you meant after taxes. 😊😁
Kal Random If you're making six figures and starving, it's time to reassess your spending habits.
Found this old video, love it! I notice you missed the "virtual secretary" who sets up meetings which is what Siri is.
Great video. I give this a 10/10 for the idea, and a 7/10 for the execution. Some videos that you do, you tend to ramble on, but this one you're on point.
If he's on point then how is it a 7
2 /15-minute videos a week and doesn't overlap content and somehow I'm still balls deep into everything joe's saying. Joe's ramble is what makes it worth it, I mean for him and for us. Being more concise and analytical takes a lot more energy and time. Time he may not have. If this channel ever takes the turn to something that looks like 'Work" ill probably stop sucribing. Take this guys advice with a grain of salt.
You must be one of my hotel guests that raves about their stay then gives me 7/10! There was nothing wrong with the presentation or the idea - both merit 10/10.
❤️
ooooo the complimentive burn 9.5/10
I wish 1993 me (I was 9) could see 2018 tech. I’d be so much more impressed than watching its progression over 25 years. My little 9yo head would explode!
I do remember watching something on TV when I was little about digital notebooks where you could read newspapers on a screen and carry it with you. I remember thinking how cool it was and hoping that someone would invent it before I died.
I’m still waiting on my flying car though.
Flying cars have been a thing for a while now, but they are prototypes.
Venom I know. But I wanna buyyyyy one
I'm so jelly. I've been waiting for decent tech my whole life, and it's still half baked and fueled by corporate narcissism. At least you can buy any kind of flying car that you want, you just don't get the economy of scale discounts, and you need a pilot license. Which, maybe that's a good thing, have you seen how people drive?
Misha Marx flying cars are a thing for many decades now, they’re called helicopters. And they didn’t get much more affordable since they where first invented 😒
I was 10 at the time & remember these ads. We got all this crazy sci-fi tech but still no flying cars or hoverboards. I'm with Elon on the flying cars though. That's just an accident waiting to happen, but dammit I want my hoverboard. I mean sure the LN2 ones are a thing & they're cool but I want what Bob Zemeckis promised us in Back to the Future II in the eighties.
Joe Scott at 1 billion subscribers in 25 years
Chris Garcia
Brilliant.
Chris Garcia yup
Pfft he wishes
AT&T did sign a proprietary contract with Apple, Inc. to distribute iPhones which was the primary game changer for smartphone technology competition. So, their contribution to “bringing it to us” was remarkable considering they were the main catalyst which brought the technology to us even if not directly.
Unfortunately though, this was a totally different AT&T at that time known as Southwestern Bell that brought us all this after buying AT&T and taking their name.
What's funny about that was Nokia tried the same deal with AT&T a year or so before Apple but it got shut down because AT&T didn't want wifi on the devices so they could control and sell all the data transfers.
Technically it was Cingular that signed the deal with Apple then AT&T’s acquisition of Cingular closed before the iPhone was released. So it wasn’t really AT&T’s vision.
Blackberry would have been better.
Hey Joe, can you do still do the follow-up on this video with a collection of the best You Will ideas?
Have you ever fought-off a Mutated Badger, armed only with Kitchen Knife for a Short Sword, in the radioactive ruins of New York? You will!!!
From the year 2020: it's not the radiation that you have to worry about.
If AT&T isn’t the evil empire, why is their logo the Death Star?
Outside of America, no-one thinks about AT&T
I remember a TV special that came on around 1980, I think. I believe it may even been sponsored by AT&T. It's purpose was to showcase the latest technology that was just around the corner. Being a Sci-fi nerd then and in my teens I made a point to watch it. I remember it opened with the host, who may have been Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame, He's outside and talking into a "wristwatch telephone". It has a small telescoping antenna on the side. He finishes his conversation and pushes the antenna in and turns to the camera and says something to the effect, " Pretty neat huh? Well, scientists say we will all be using devices like this in a bout 10 to 15 years"
Cool!, I thought. And sure enough during the 90's is when we saw cellphone technology take off. When I began to see those bulky cell phones carried around by rich assholes, I knew that was the wristwatch telephone they were talking about in that TV special.
There was a show called Beyond 2000 and it was SO COOL
iPhone 35 apple invents the headphone jack
It'll be called.....
"AppleJack"
Some Guy V hahahahahahaha
No, they invent a dongle for your dongle that will control your dongle. All sold separately.
By then they wouldve already invented that then gotten rid of it again... theyll proabably be inventing magnetic tape by that point
Why? It’s called Bluetooth. I’ve never used wired headphones with a phone after I discovered wireless...
Dude, in 1993, a long distance phone call for free was a pipe dream. I'm talking about within the continental US. We had NO IDEA about the leaps technology would make in such a short time. I'm writing this in Feb. of 2020. For posterity, please let me know how things are years from now.
A lot has changed since Feb20. I'm writing this in June 20.
@@Butt_Slayer Damn, too true.
@@Natalie-ox7xm It went even worse than everybody could imagine. (Sept 2022)
And here fascists are back. Democratically, this time
Cheers from Italy
You wouldn’t need people to let you know bc you’d be alive for them to tell u lol
Well everything got shut down two months after your comment, and now Elon Musk owns Twitter, er, "X"... But I can make a doctor's visit remotely via video call while sick at home, get a drug prescription, and go pick it up at my local pharmacy within an hour's time, so that's cool, I guess. It's possible to construct an AI-rendered video of Joe Biden and Donald Trump talking shit to each other over Xbox Live chat while playing a video game, so that's fun. 2023 has been weird.
Have you ever had a machine pick the particles of plastic out of the stomachs of the fish you catch? You will!
you don't eat the stomach anyways ;)
hae you ever seen an ocean devoid of fish? you will
have your oceans become salty and miss your iceberg, you will
@@faust7756 wtf oceans are always salty
good idea
Omg. For literally almost three decades these commercials have been in my head, and the whole time i couldnt remember who made the commercials. Every single time i asked Google to turn on my lights or use my phone to turn on the lights for the dogs or turn on the sprinklers, or facetime my nephew, these are the exact commercials i would think of.
Have you ever traveled coast to coast by train? In two hours? You will. Have you connected to the internet using your thoughts? You will. Have you ever replaced your damaged organs with one 3d printed using your own DNA? Have you ever bought physical and intellectual advantages for you or your children using gene editing technology? Have you ever spent a week in a hotel, in low earth orbit? You will. Have you ever flown to your vacation in a plane that has no pilot? You will.
Jim Fields and Elon Musk will bring it to you.
Jim Fields you get, man...lol I said watching the sun rise in low earth orbit and be home in time for dinner lol great response though!
Who else recognized the voice in the commercial as Tom Selleck?
Me!
Oh snap
Had to check comments just to see who else caught that!
4 rizzle!!
Yep, had a major Magnum P.I. flashback ;)
You will: Never plug anything anywhere in 25 years.
Not your TV, not your lamp, nothing.
I actually dream this, that I invented this. I made a today prototype. Where You put this cube about a size as a ottoman in the middle of your house. Use these square things to plug into with your current AC appliances. Until the technology is built-in the appliances themselves.
Google Energous... It exists
@@gimcrack555 that, or in the last of us scenario lol
@@kleuafflatus At first, I thought that was his point XD
@@sproketjennings inductive charging has existed since the 1800's and it really hasn't come very far since then... energous is far from being a good functional solution. In 25 years we might have something good.
Have you ever seen that gap between rich and poor get so vast it feels like the 3rd world in the 1st one? You will.
Wealth gaps have improved? there was no middle class in feudalism
...And that´s because a very small group of people grew their wealth to extreme proportions while "the poor" only grew theirs a decent amount. It´s really a win-win situation, everyone gets richer. Tax the rich harder you might say, but then fewer people would bother getting rich in the first place. The economy would slow down, less money invested, less jobs, less technological progress, and "the poor" would be worse off than without those taxes.
There’s a happy medium. We humans can’t handle total equality of outcomes. But a broadening wealth gap where the top 10% hold 50+% of the wealth is equally unsustainable. There has to be a better life just ahead of you (attainable) for most of the population, where basic needs are met, and opportunity for advancement is fairly abundant.
Market is not a zero sum game. It is true that rich people are getting richer and richer but it is for poor as well. Look what we are doing now: we get yt for free, and we can afford technology to access it. So we are richer than people 25 years ago. Guess what? People making this technology become even richer. It is a good thing. And those rich people can afford developing even more crazy stuff. Look at Elon Musk for example.
At some level, as an adult, you have to take responsibility for where you are and what you’ve achieved. Simplistically categorizing Rich vs Poor paints yourself as a powerless victim. Victims never win. Winners take responsibility and do something about it. The government is not going to save anyone; you’ll have to save yourself! And we all can improve our situations!
My uncle worked for ATT as an engineer in the mid 90's I remember watching him hand code on paper ( ! ) the math needed for voice recognition software. He was coding voice to text long before it existed.
Actually on that third one that is exactly how I do my college classes in a library with a bunch of other people
I did that at my high school in 1994, and at&t had nothing to do with it.
One thing I think you were dead wrong about is the kids talking to other kids on their tablets.They're practicing a foreign language and this does happen now! And also have been happening for at least 10 years when I was in high school.
Indeed good way to give far more students the opportunity to benefit from interacting with real native speakers of the language they are learning, after all it's not like going on a foreign exchange year is anything like within most families budgets so technology offers the next best thing for more people I guess.
Yes...I think these programs are also intended to offer some cultural exchange.
@@davidwill1320 He was wrong about the medical thing as well. It's not a thing in the USA but it is in Canada. You have an OHIP (or equivalent) card which the hospital swipes and it gives the hospital access to all your medical records and yes even your Xrays and stuff.
Plus just because one kid is Asian doesn't mean he's in Asia. One kid may be in Maine and the other one thousands of miles away in San Francisco. Racist Joe.
@@joer8854 In France too (and I'm guessing by extension Europe).
Have you ever waited in line for 30 minutes to get toilet paper and considered yourself lucky that you actually got some? You will!
COVID was a trip, wasn't it?
Have you ever taken a virtual reality vacation without leaving your home? You will.
I mean you already can
Already a thing ... At least visually ...$5k price tag but it's free the second trip
tevvya that sounds terrible lol
And have you ever been overdrawn at the memory bank? You will!
Without stopping working
Oh when they said "the company that'll bring it to you" I assumed they meant they would be the service provider and the devices would be made by other companies.
The toll booth one blew my mind too and I was a grown woman! AT&T had a lot of influence on the tech used today. Unix systems at Bell Labs. . . hello? It's the system behind all that.
Whelp, it's Thanksgiving 2018! Finally got the wifi password at a relative's house; I've been binge watching and subbed. PEACE
(AT&T) Bell Laboratories was (inarguably) the biggest single contributor to our current information technology that fulfilled these predictions - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs#Discoveries_and_developments - I request a video from you with the major innovations from Bell Labs that made it so, and an acknowledgement that AT&T as the parent company of Bell Labs deserves more credit than you ascribe here.
The global virtual classroom may not have become a thing for kids but it has become that for adults. In 2006 I graduated Oxford having never stepped foot in a classroom on campus. The entire degree was online with virtual weekly classes, some of us were going to school in the dark. The standard of education was no less than if we had been onsite. Of course 2020 has made this a reality for many universities around the world.
Imagine everything that we have now in our pockets will be connected directly to the brain? You will
Oh shit, l have a screwdriver in my pocket
Should probably take my weed and my pipe out of my pocket.
Someones been watching too much Black Mirror... Lol
No Thanks! Information Security is sooooo bad right now that even considering how much better it got in the last 25 years and how it could be better in another 25, is still too big a risk of brain hacking
@@billionai4871 you always will be able to switch it off, if you wanna think about something personal
PLEASE DO A RESPONSE VIDEO. PLEASE RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS IN VIDEO! the comments here are awesome.
I TOTALLY remember this Ad campaign. This is probably the best video I've seen from you. Totally interesting to look back on this kind of stuff. I think your ratings were almost entirely correct. (Perhaps a little harsh on the toll booth thing.)
For me, the biggest thing is the cross-generational nature of the video. I'm 42. My sons are 11 & 12. I actually pulled my kids aside and played this video for them. "Look kids - see what they thought when I was young"
This video gets:
10/10 Concept
9.99/10 execution (too mean about the toll booth)
This was a trip! I didn't realize I remembered these commercials until rewatching them and it was wild.
Did they not do that one where...
"Have you ever needed to collect a pension but found out your retirement fund was spent by your employer? You wont...but unfortunately its legal and the company that will bring it to you is negligent...."
Or "Have you ever needed to have your private information sold to the highest bidder? You won't, but the company's that will bring it to you and not give a shit are Google, Apple, Facebook and AT&T!"
That feel when you have to pause the video briefly at the GPS part because your GPS in your phone is telling your Grubhub is almost here.
The card for medical records is actually quite a good idea even if it looks a bit out-of-date and unnecessary. The problem is records being hacked and so then blackmail. But if the medical records system is offline and done through encrypted cards, that problem is mostly solved, particularly because filing cabinets can't do much better. The UK is currently having a hacking issue with medical records.
Germany does this. But it also totally works without a card.
Since health insurance is general, everyone is assumed to be insured at all times. So if your card is outdated or you lost it, and you walk into the doctor, you just give your name and birthdate and they hand you an invoice for the medical procedure (whatever it was, in my case it was an X-ray) and you call your insurance, tell them you got a medical bill to pay at dr.XYZ and that you need a new card and they go "Yeah, sure, we take care of it. Bye" problem solved, couple days later I got my new card.
This is the reason that the electronic medical record is so far behind in the United States. Privacy and security laws regarding protected health information are so strict that there is no way that disparate clinics can connect electronically. Clearly there are quality electronic records, but they don't interact with each other. Even within the socialized Federal health systems (Veterans Association, active military, etc.), there is no direct link. But there has never been a large scale health data breech here.
Seems like a good idea for emergency services to be able to access your medical history in the case that you're unconscious.
I am so old I actually remember these commercials. So wild!
Brilliant video.
It is amazing how much has changed in such a short period of time.
They could not have imagined how much technology would be part of our lives.
I can't wait to see your video in 25 years.
Happy New Year
Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA
Have you ever pooped in a toilet and gotten a notification that you need to eat more yogurt? You will. In 2019. Done. Predicted.
singularityhub.com/2009/05/12/smart-toilets-doctors-in-your-bathroom/#sm.001m16dzgvp6egs10g41q6mg54a8d
Maybe, if yogplait made a toilet and it just always says that when you flush
Japan already has that, along with built in bidets.
What's missing is camera to check to see if you have hemorrhoids.
Who uses a toilet?
Sometimes the odor alone gives you that information!
Well, I'm still drinking, so...
3:22
10/10 predicted the future, I’m watching this instead of online classes right now.
Have you ever drank so much you made a complete ass of yourself? I did last night .. happy New year guys
I did it a month ago, ended up losing my job :(
I don't drink.
Have you ever designed both the physical and mental traits of your baby by using genetic engineering? You will (but probably not with AT&T)
Simon Keegan Yup. The tech is already out there and it’s called CRISPR. We are maybe a decade away from having “designer babies”. And they will make us miss Millenials SO much.
@@willd.8040 the babies are getting crispr
Check out the YT channel “A Capella Science.” They have a number of science parody songs, including “CRISPR/CAS9,” based on a 1950s pop song (Mr. Sandman). Also a Queen parody on string theory, “Bohemian Gravity,” and a Wicked parody with a musical conversation between dead Newton and dead Einstein titled “Defining Gravity” (whose parts are sung by two talented women science presenters with their own YT channels).
Edit: misspelled “A Capella Science.”
Have you created physically and mentally superior babies? Did they grow up to be teenagers who really were smarter and better then everyone around them? Did your existing power structure crumble because these kids weren't better solders, they are the new masters? Did you discover the reason for the Fermi Paradox on why there are no space empires because we just destroyed humanity as we've know it?
Simon Keegan, remember the 1936 Olympics, how the blonde blue eyed superhumans got their arse kicked by people with dark skin tone, you'd have thought Hitler would have got the message, add to this how Nazi Germany made arguably the greatest scientist to ever live Albert Einstein flee for his life because he was Jewish.
Have you ever mourned the death of a loved one on another planet? You will, brought to you by Space X.
Too soon
@@rmichaud47 what do you mean too soon? SpaceX plans to send people to Mars by the end of this decade
@@williambreton5801 In the words of the master himself : "....yeah, right..."
@@washcloud who?
@@williambreton5801 Joe
The 1990s optimisum of the 21st Century had to be experienced to be fully understood. I was a teenager in the 90s, and the ideas of what we could one day have was a very reassuring feeling: the future was going to be a-okay. It's now very comforting to look back on those days. "Beyond 2000" also helped contribute to the thrill of what could be.
AT&T created the Unix operating system at Bell Labs. This was the basis of Linux which became.... yep, that's right, Android. So actually I would argue that you are wrong Joe - AT&T did more than you know. The entire modern world is built on the back of Unix. They nailed it.
Robert Tucker
Fantastic
The whole world isn't built on the back of Unix. Doesn't apple have a huge marketshare with iOS which was also out before android? Don't a huge percentage of servers (which truly run everything, not your phone) run Windows? I think you are giving Unix a bit too much credit.
Krytern UK iOS IS a Unix derived OS
Everything you say is true but it's not like AT&T actively was a crucial player in any of the critical stuff that needed to happen. Your argument is like saying the Greeks are to thank for the space program and landing a man on the moon because we use lots of Greek symbols in maths. And while it's true that the Greeks got the ball rolling on geometry and logic and philosophy -- a lot of other people after them built on that.
Same is true for AT&T's Unix. It was a great thing that got a lot of other things started but many other people and companies helped build the world today and deserve the lion's share of the credit.
And I would say, even more importantly, we're all seeming to forget who Steve Jobs partnered with to make the first iPhone possible... only AT&T was willing to give Apple the control they needed to build the communication aspects of the revolutionary device that is ubiquitous in nearly all of these old ad ideas. I'm not fan of AT&T, but I would say they really delivered on this promise to be a part of these futuristic trends in their partnership on the iPhone.
Have you ever erased a memory that was holding you back in life? You will!!
Oh wow that is a good one! Good thinking!
Good old alcyhol 🍸
For decades now 🍻
Have you ever have the courts show you video footage of you doing what you claim to have forgotten, and then gone to jail for it? You will!
hmm ATT shutdown after these commercials... the ATT we know now is a completely different company
Even the people who work at today’s AT&T don’t know that.
Have you ever sent a "voice message" just by thinking via neuralnet? Accessed the internet in your mind? Become too distracted to even live by the inescapable temptation of having all the pleasures and comforts of your cell phone and more within your own head without even having to lift a finger? You will... and the company to bring it to you? Neuralink*
Neuralink* not Tesla, same guy not the same company.
You, my friend, win the internet today!! You had no idea how accurate THAT was!! 😳😳😳
Uhm, thanks. That hit so close to home already that I'm logging off now and going for a run....
"The company that will bring it to you" was often not AT&T.
All of the technology requires internet connection. Guess who is one of the largest internet backbone operators?
AT@T Created the UNIX operating system in the 70's and that morphed into the open standard non propriety operating systems for the interwebs we now have. So I would have to disagree.
Have you ever had your coffee made for you seconds before you knew you wanted one?
Have you ever walked to Disneyland Beijing from your living room farcaster?
Have you ever downloaded knowledge without having to learn it?
Have you ever uploaded your mind to your flatmates razor for a prank?
Have you ever walked in on a philosophical debate between your fridge and toaster?
Have you ever had your glass of whiskey tell you it's a bad idea to call your ex now?
Number 5: Someone's been watching Red Dwarf!
Lol the fridge
Some of this comment reminds me of welcome to night vale
Number 2: Great Hyperion reference!
Back in the 1960s when I was in college (on campus) the University of Florida had a system to allow graduates who were working at the big space contracting companies (this was the Apollo era) to take graduate level courses over closed circuit TV at their workplaces from a professor on campus (as much as 300 miles away if they worked south of Boca Raton). This system used very expensive (at that time) analog video leased lines in both directions and allowed push button hand raising to ask questions. I never had the chance to use it, since I graduated when Apollo was shutting down and went to work for companies not involved in it, but there was a lot of promotional material on campus about it. The system was called GENESYS, for Graduate ENgineering Education SYStem.
I don’t know if this brute force, damn the cost they can afford the fees approach was copied at other schools, or if today’s technology has made it more feasible (I suspect it has), or if the original GENESYS with upgrades is still offered.
You: "It's officially 2018!"
me watching in 2021: so much has happened since 2018.
@ashleyross5874 You commenting on 2018 from 2021.
Me watching in 2024 about you in 2021.
me commenting in 2027 about you’re commenting in 2024 about her commenting in 2021 about 2018
@@roseskyeohmy lol this
10/10 Right now I'm sitting I my home, buck naked, having a cup of tea while traversing the planet on a device the size of a deck of cards. How cool (and aweful if a visual) us that?
25 years from now: same scenario but the device will be implanted and powered from my body's electrical field.
11:30 - "Proto iPad thing". That's an EO. It was a real product which you could buy in 1993. I had the pleasure of working on it in a company which really was backed by AT&T. The big aerial is because it worked with analog mobile phones. You can find out more about it here: www.hembrow.eu/personal/eo.html
I worked at one of the old AT&T Phone Centers before and including the infancy of cell phones (and super early pager-watches) and we had these for sale, but I don't remember anyone selling one, though. If I recall, there was also one that had a corded handset that went across the top where the EO logo was, it was pretty clumsy. We had a big sign with "Sent a fax from the beach? You will." Most of the reaction to the sign was "But why would you want to?"
I remember going to North Carolina for training on it and after playing around with it a bit, I got the general idea, and was showing the trainer things it could do he didn't know about. I'm not bragging, just it was a fairly simple thing to use, especially by today's standards. It had a small digital voice recording memory that I was playing with and accidentally played what I recorded loud enough for the teacher to hear, he came over and I recorded him saying "It's people like you that make people like me hate people like you." So of course as soon as he turned around, I played it back. Now I thought that was a clever way to show folks it recorded things, but since the trainer was my boss's boss... eh, well, I was only 21 or so.
I also remember the handwriting recognition was horrible, so much so, they made fun of it on the Simpsons. It was interesting, but bulky, kinda slow, even for the time and incredibly expensive. It was like $1500 at first. It wasn't out very long, which is why most people don't remember it. But if you think that was bad, their video phone was even worse. Both people had to have one and it was $800 or more, the screen was pretty small and quality of video was roughly skype on it's worst day today.
Things that we should be able to do in 25 years.
VR technology Commonly integrated into work and education
Sleeping whilst your car drives you to work.
Curing most cancer relatively easily and painlessly using CRISPR
Mind controlled robotic prosthetics
More complex domestic robotics, for example the Moley robotic kitchen
Augmented reality technology, either wearable or integrated into our bodies, for all sorts of different purposes, work, safety, socialising
Things we might be able to do in 25 years
Proper holograms.
Full dive VR technology
3d printed food
Lab grown meat to replace the environmentally disasterous animal farming industry
Fusion power
Quantum computers
Space tourism
People living on mars and/or the moon
Things we should have had 25 years ago
Little paper tabs inside the edge of plastic bags, so you don't have to spend 5 minutes rubbing trying to get them open.
If you don't have to watch the road on your commute, then prepare for your boss to expect you to work on the way to the office...
For the plastic bags, use your spit. Works like magic.
Dude. You're a genius. You should patent that idea lol.
adtc
Don't know about you, but I don't want to freeze my spit alongside my veggies.
3:28
Instructor: "That's a surprisingly vague question."
System: "Student 'Oakland' has been muted by a moderator."
"Oakland this is a physics class, why do you always do this"
I think that You are not allowed to drive Your car in normal traffic, only on race tracks or private lands.
Wyrmhand "Car park" will have a whole new meaning.
The way internet is monetised. That day for vehicle won’t be far.
"Or heard Magnum P.I, talk about the Future" You will, and the company that will bring it to you, AT&T.
Have you ever visited a “cave cafe” where you are protected from harmful UV rays, free radicles, and airborne pollutants, in a cool and refreshing subterranean environment protected from another ‘hottest day on record? You will , and Starbucks will bring it to you.
but the WiFi will still be crappy
UV won't be a concern though, in all likelihood. The ozone layer is intact.
From mars......hottest and coldest same time.
I have literally visited a cave cafe when I stayed in a cave overnight
Heck I hope they fix that! But, NBut NOT with 5g!!!
1) remote learning - when I started my CS master program be cause I did have to go to remote classroom with other students where we could contact the instructor in realtime. So AT&T was just not thinking it ahead far enough. By the way it was using AT&T service.
2) It was AT&T that brought you all of this via their division Bell Laboratories.
3) I could open a door with my voice though through my watch/phone. Though I have not found a need to turn on the feature.
4) in Michigan you can go to a kiosk in some supermarkets and renew your license.
Well enough for now.
Damnn you are living in the future man, lucky you
Have you ever controlled your gadgets with your mind, you will.
In Soviet Russia, gadget controls you.
Wait, that happens everywhere.
no, you won't. that brings serious legal consequences, especially with today's tracking tendency. You don't want Google to be able to read your mind. You think about drinking a coffee, and there goes the hundreds of coffee ads. Even worse, if the gadgets can control your mind too. You DO NOT want that!
@@MrDoboz they listen to your microphone for ads now lol least if they read my mind I'll actually like the ads
@@jasonferge3686 the problem with ads isn't that they are annoying, the real problem is that they make people want to buy things they don't ennd, or thigs that could be bought for a lower price. And no, they don't listen to your mic, unless you are stupid enough to use a virtual assistant and accept their TOS.
Did you ever wish that someone would have stopped artificial intelligence under ai rule you will
As warned by every AI movie ever...
thinking 25 years forward? Now during C-word quarantine you'd be lucky to know what's going to happen in a month lol
In 25 years AI and procedural generation will allow a virtual Dungeon Master to design detailed virtual role playing scenarios with the kind of depth and reactivity that is currently only possible in a modern tabletop environment. Instead of game designers having to script and plan out every possible narrative path (which limits the complexity of CRPGs) the AI will be able to dynamically adjust to player choices and create believable outcomes for anything the players can come up with.
The gamer part of me is saying "Yes,Please!". The D.M. part of me is saying "Thank you for the ideas AI, I was drawing a blank to day."
J.K. I like your idea.
that sounds absolutely awful
Chat gpt can write stories instantly and it's progressed to the point Hollywood is considering using ai instead of humans to write scripts.
We're most of the way there in 2023. I'm sure we'll get there by 2025. ChatGPT.
*Great! But don't know about the next 25 years, but another 50 years from now...*
*... Instead of physically operating a device to achieve whatever action we want...*
*We'll be able to mentally think it all into happening...!!!* 👍🏽 👍🏽 👍🏽