Comment on Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) [pdf]parentComments−zulux2moAgreed. It's basically RF guided by wires, or light guided by glass/plastic.And... I hate to say it, but I've been interacting with computers connected to WiFi about 90% of the time over the last week. Rarely used a physical Ethernet link.−shermantanktop2moFunny to think that WiFi is in fact just a specialized variant of the radio technology explosion that started with Marconi.Technically of course the path is continual evolution, but the applications are wildly different.
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Agreed. It's basically RF guided by wires, or light guided by glass/plastic.
And... I hate to say it, but I've been interacting with computers connected to WiFi about 90% of the time over the last week. Rarely used a physical Ethernet link.
Funny to think that WiFi is in fact just a specialized variant of the radio technology explosion that started with Marconi.
Technically of course the path is continual evolution, but the applications are wildly different.