25 Years Ago the Internet Revolution Began, Now Imagine AI in 25 Years
By Artificial Lawyer, August 27, 2016
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25 years ago this month the internet, which until 1991 had been used mostly by the military and academics, was opened up to the wider world via the ‘WorldWideWeb’ developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
I was trying to think of all the things that would not be here today without the internet and here are a few things:
This site.
The ability to work from home.
The ability to shop and sell goods/services remotely, from buying and selling shares, to buying gifts on Amazon or booking a holiday.
Naturally, all email communication, messaging apps, social media and all business and services conducted or provided via the internet (without which the global economy would surely founder).
As well as: hacking, cloud computing, digital marketing, huge slices of the news media and today with the Internet of Things a whole new realm of activity, plus also no blockchains and no smart contracts.
