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Apple’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator Concept Video

rkarena · Demo · 6 min · 2007 · YouTube title: Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Video
Why it's here

HN cites it as an early vision of voice assistants and software agents, often when comparing it with Siri and modern AI.

What it covers

Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept video imagines a conversational voice assistant, multi-touch tablet and video calling used by a professor. It was made years before the graphical web existed.