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Alan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & Students

CMU Robotics Institute · 12.9K views · 2016-04-06 · 1:20:48

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Alan Kay visits Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science in 2007 for an informal conversation with faculty and students. He discusses the state of CS education and criticizes mainstream computing.

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HN recommends it for Kay's blunt critique of today's computing and standard CS curricula.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2024

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blessedonekobo · 2024-03 · Strong recommendation

This probably my favorite because it was mostly unscripted Alan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & Students [VIDEO]

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jstewartmobile · 2017-12 · Recommendation

Funny you should say that. Reminds me of this video[0] where Alan Kay, almost impolitely, tears into today's computing while talking at CMU. [0] [VIDEO]

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skadamat · 2017-10 · Recommendation

I think you'll like the discussion he had at CMU a few years back, which focused a lot on the technology side of things [VIDEO]

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