1983 Steve Jobs AI Prediction Resurfaces, Goes Viral

A clip of a 28-year-old Steve Jobs describing AI's future in 1983 is circulating widely, drawing parallels to today's agent and assistant landscape.

A video clip of Steve Jobs discussing artificial intelligence and the future of personal computing in 1983 resurfaced this weekend and gained traction, as @Hesamation shared. Jobs was 28 at the time and already articulating a vision of computers as intelligent assistants — a framing that maps directly onto the current wave of AI agents and copilots.

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