On Thursday, the Steve Jobs Archive revealed a new online exhibit that features Steve Jobs’s presentation at the 1983 International Design Conference. “The Objects of Our Life” exhibit features video footage of a 28-year-old Jobs explaining how technology will change the way things are done.
In the 55-minute video, Jobs talks about the history of computers and how the kids of the time are part of the “computer generation” and that, “in their lifetimes, the computer will become the predominant medium of communication.” He explains how computers can be used in education, financial transactions, software development, etc. At the time, the Lisa computer had just arrived in January, so Jobs talked about how it was made for creative design.
The exhibit has additional footage from other talks Jobs did at the event. One clip shows Jobs explaining what essentially is early work done with AI. “The human mind is very good at doing very complex things adequately,” said Jobs, “And there’s a ton of people now starting to look to the brain as a model of an architecture to build a computer.”
With an introduction written by Jony Ive, the online exhibit also features video clips of Jobs talking about design simplicity, the future of personal computers, how computers can augment human abilities, and more. The exhibit is available to visit for free at the Steve Jobs Archive.
Author: Roman Loyola, Senior Editor, Macworld
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