"As We May Think" Exercise

In the Brightspace Discussions tool, answer one of the questions below based on the reading by Vanavar Bush, and comment on a fellow student’s post. Your posted answer should be approximately 75 - 100 words, and the comment, a sentence or two.

• It’s a short title for such an influential paper, what did he mean by it?
• What are some technologies that he predicted that did come true? Give an example, and what are its benefits and/or shortcomings.
• He talks about "indexing", has this come to past? What’s an example of where it has been used?
• With his prediction of the "Memex", give an example and description of how that has come into being.
• The camera idea must have seemed like science fiction at the time, how has that come to pass?

• In one illustrative example, how do you think Artificial Intelligence has or will surpass Bush’s wildest predictions?

• Please briefly comment on one of your fellow classmate’s post on the reading.
• As We May Think PDF or HMTL [Bush 1945]

Exercise Due Sunday, June 1st by midnight