From Spoken words to AI

A series on how people found ways to share information with less and less effort: from memory and handwritten letters to printing, telephones, the internet and now machines that can understand and answer us. Each step freed people to spend their time and thinking on more meaningful work.

Part 1

Setting the Stage!

Think about the last time you needed something from a person in another city. You sent a message, and the reply came back in seconds. For most of human history, the same exchange took days or weeks, and it passed through many hands along the way.