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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 1 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
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josephhurtado ◴[20 Jun 16 19:05 UTC] No.11940434[source]▶
Alan,

What do you think will be the impact of Cognitive Computing, and AI on the way software will be built in the next 5 years.

Do you think AI may automate fully some jobs, or part of the jobs people do today in IT & Software Development?

If so what do you think is the best approach professionals should take?

Thanks in advance for the answer, and thanks for doing this AMA.

Joseph

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1. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:00 UTC] No.11946094[source]▶
I think there is a lot of potential here (think 10 years and you might get something useful in the first 5). This will require great will on the part of those trying to make it happen (the market is not demanding something great -- and neither are academia or most funders).

"The softer an area, the tougher you have to be"