@@jaworskij I've seen earlier "future" AT&T videos, predicting the future in 1993, it had flat screens in it as well. The ones in this video look impressively modern. Maybe because the technology was so close to public production?
Computer: start my homework.. type intro... type body.. type conclussion, add format, finish essay...... add pictures for extra credit! Definitely accurate.
This technology exists now with GPT-based platforms. The only problem is that they write content to look convincing, rather than be completely correct.
cell phones were widely in use in 1991but def not everyone had one and they were nothing more than telephones.. I remember my first endeavor into "coffee shop internet" in 1995 with a thinkpad laptop(black and white) and a bag phone with a data port.. i could get 2400 Baud which ran AOL but very slowly.. studying in coffee shops had started to become commonplace but of course with no internet except in a very few that either had computers you could rent or that were just beginning to have pay telephone ports(not v ery common).. the term "internet cafe" was not a place to gamble but a place to borrow or rent the computer and have coffee / lunch / dinner.
I love how pac bell is at the center of all of this. Things that blinded companies like AT&T about the futurue was how the things that where current revenue sources would just disapper. They could imagine a world where we could communicate like that but not a world without payphones and the Yellow Pages.
"Seeing" someone on a phone call was really futuristic in 1991. Who would have known we would be able to carry that same technology in our pocket...and really not care to "see' the other person after all. And kudos to the people on this chat that recognized "flat screen technology" in this video. That was "future" in 1991 and now is as common as push button phone technology was in 1980.
People use "videophone" for making RUclips videos moreso than calling their families. 1991 was the Year of the "network" printer and the "Year of the LAN. Speaking of printers, nothing in this video had a printer. I guess Ma Bell really believed we could go 100% paperless by 2003.
Well they're the only profession that can work from home and it's obvious if they don't get the work done plus they're paid well enough that it doesn't matter too much. meanwhile everybody else our bosses have to watch us on Cisco's meeting Software to make sure we are doing our work.
They pretty much nailed it. I have to admit, there were only a few times when I didn't think that this was just a normal day to day occurrence. I had to remind myself that this was an almost 25 year old "future prediction". Funny how some technologies didn't show up in their scenario that we now are almost umbilically attached to - ie. mobile phones and touch screens. But overall, they saw what was in the pipeline! Just imagine whats out there waiting for us in the next 25 years!!
+canuckrcp I Just love the flat screen technology - but remember this was the prediction for 2003 when there were no touch screens and sort of smart phones were only just emerging (well my 2004 Nokia had the internet but it was horribly slow and the screen was tiny)
+ewaf88 Maybe not for consumer use but I was in a 3M factory in 1991 (where they made videotape) that they had touch screens for the production line. It was very futuristic then!).
Just noticed...they thought that we would still use "the yellow pages" to look up businesses and make purchases. Also, a audio phone message that would pop up the drawing - email with an attachment.
But I think videophone or video calling is a good application in this example. People who are distances apart and want to share an event. Families who are spread apart. My Unle's family (in central Canada) has a son who lives in TN. They would usually have a "Merry Christmas" phone call on Christmas night. Usually it was a private call between my Uncle & Aunt and their son. Years later it became a wider call when they bought a phone with "speakerphone" capability. In the late 90s or early 2000s it was video that bridged the distance. But for local calls, I agree, videophone is not needed if you already see the other person regularly.
In my opinion, Apple computer surely met this predicted future deadline, even by 2001. The technology and software had already been developed starting back in the 1963. The only draw backs engineers really had trouble with, was the physical hardware of the computer itself was too big. While customers wanted something small, it wasn't until the partnership between Apple and IBM -- to form the PowerPC -- that things started falling into place.
The trouble is that the future always looks exciting when predicted in films like there. As it always arrive bit by bit - we've already adapted. To be really exciting you'd have to work say in the Antarctic for 20 years shutting yourself off from the outside World before returning. Having said this you might just find there's been an apocalypse.
lol that actually just came out now, with the new motorola smartphone thing, it listens all the time so you just have to say' ok, google now' or something instead of pressing a button
Ok I know y’all ain’t too smart so I’ll break it down…. This “movie” was made in 1991 and it’s supposed to be showing you the technology in 2003…. How have some of y’all made it this far in life?!
Lol, where's the mobile phones? They certainly over predicted the use of video conferencing too, most people prefer just voice communication even though skype services Etc with video are available. They got some things right though.
In fact virtual chats (on the pc) have been around for over 10 years. But in 2006 it was already successful! But finally, the prediction of this video of 1991, made that prolonged its date by these so futuristic acts, that obviously did not roll in 2003, but rather 15,16 or 17 years later.
This is really a more realistic approach of futurism, but it was still a little too far-fetched. Speech recognition software that realizes when you're talking to it (e.g. when you're not looking away from the screen) might be possible in some years
woow, nice, in 1991 att predicted that latinos would forget all their heritage and be completely americans in the 21st century, only the last names remaining.
Even though his parents were German immigrants, Arkansas Gazette police beat reporter Joe Wirges and his family (and their descendants) were indistinguishable from any average American and didn't seem very German at all.
Bonus points for predicting flat screens.
Flat screens were in development since the 1950s. It took till the mid- late-1990s to actually make them affordable.
@@jaworskij Exactly. They were in development for home use since the 70s.
@@jaworskij I've seen earlier "future" AT&T videos, predicting the future in 1993, it had flat screens in it as well. The ones in this video look impressively modern. Maybe because the technology was so close to public production?
Computer: start my homework.. type intro... type body.. type conclussion, add format, finish essay...... add pictures for extra credit! Definitely accurate.
This technology exists now with GPT-based platforms. The only problem is that they write content to look convincing, rather than be completely correct.
love the handset built into the keyboard, so retro :)
This wasn't quite 2003, but this tech is so common now, it actually blows my mind in retrospect
common?
We moved far way ahead form it .. that video looks like a retro past ...
I was about to say the same thing. Cell phones were right around the corner and nobody could see them coming.
cell phones were widely in use in 1991but def not everyone had one and they were nothing more than telephones.. I remember my first endeavor into "coffee shop internet" in 1995 with a thinkpad laptop(black and white) and a bag phone with a data port.. i could get 2400 Baud which ran AOL but very slowly.. studying in coffee shops had started to become commonplace but of course with no internet except in a very few that either had computers you could rent or that were just beginning to have pay telephone ports(not v ery common).. the term "internet cafe" was not a place to gamble but a place to borrow or rent the computer and have coffee / lunch / dinner.
I love how pac bell is at the center of all of this. Things that blinded companies like AT&T about the futurue was how the things that where current revenue sources would just disapper.
They could imagine a world where we could communicate like that but not a world without payphones and the Yellow Pages.
What were pay phones & Yellow Pages? 🕯️
And jump forward 10 years and they completely missed it would all be in a handheld device.
I'm very impressed with this 1991 vision!
"Seeing" someone on a phone call was really futuristic in 1991. Who would have known we would be able to carry that same technology in our pocket...and really not care to "see' the other person after all. And kudos to the people on this chat that recognized "flat screen technology" in this video. That was "future" in 1991 and now is as common as push button phone technology was in 1980.
People use "videophone" for making RUclips videos moreso than calling their families.
1991 was the Year of the "network" printer and the "Year of the LAN.
Speaking of printers, nothing in this video had a printer. I guess Ma Bell really believed we could go 100% paperless by 2003.
It's weird to not video call someone in the 2020s
@@SFJayAnt
Maybe to you, I avoid video calls, there isn't much that can't be conveyed by a simple text/email or audio call.
Love the ringtones. Unfortunately, Nortel isn't among us any longer. :(
Those 90s piano riffs lol
There's the sound effect I've been looking for forever! "Dr. Blair, Dr. Blair, Dr. J. Hamilton..."
if smart phones didnt exist, public video chat kiosks would be everywhere
I don't think this online ordering thing will catch on
why is architect always the go to profession for these videos?
Well they're the only profession that can work from home and it's obvious if they don't get the work done plus they're paid well enough that it doesn't matter too much. meanwhile everybody else our bosses have to watch us on Cisco's meeting Software to make sure we are doing our work.
It's 2024 now and my Roomba brings me my beer
Everything voice activated. And what's the deal with the actual handsets just sitting there when apparently all there is, is video conferencing???
More like 2007 or 2008
idk seems pretty accurate
They pretty much nailed it. I have to admit, there were only a few times when I didn't think that this was just a normal day to day occurrence. I had to remind myself that this was an almost 25 year old "future prediction". Funny how some technologies didn't show up in their scenario that we now are almost umbilically attached to - ie. mobile phones and touch screens.
But overall, they saw what was in the pipeline!
Just imagine whats out there waiting for us in the next 25 years!!
+canuckrcp I Just love the flat screen technology - but remember this was the prediction for 2003 when there were no touch screens and sort of smart phones were only just emerging (well my 2004 Nokia had the internet but it was horribly slow and the screen was tiny)
+ewaf88 Maybe not for consumer use but I was in a 3M factory in 1991 (where they made videotape) that they had touch screens for the production line. It was very futuristic then!).
Where's the video payphone?!
Gone the way of the Passenger Pigeon.
So there's going to be bad acting in 2003?
Just noticed...they thought that we would still use "the yellow pages" to look up businesses and make purchases. Also, a audio phone message that would pop up the drawing - email with an attachment.
At&t's prediction of the early 2000s is like our 2020s
It's funny watching this in this era. I forgot I was watching a future prediction from '91 until I went to check what I was watching
ATT used to own all the Bells, US broke them up XD Kinda makes you think what would happen if they didn't.
We'd still be using rotary dial telephones. Yes, I know.
Google and Amazon next please
Son looks like he’s been smoking that gud.....
so much overuse of video conferencing no one wants to see people over the phone
But I think videophone or video calling is a good application in this example. People who are distances apart and want to share an event.
Families who are spread apart.
My Unle's family (in central Canada) has a son who lives in TN. They would usually have a "Merry Christmas" phone call on Christmas night. Usually it was a private call between my Uncle & Aunt and their son. Years later it became a wider call when they bought a phone with "speakerphone" capability.
In the late 90s or early 2000s it was video that bridged the distance.
But for local calls, I agree, videophone is not needed if you already see the other person regularly.
Now with covid we use it more than ever
Well, this comment's aged poorly, lol.
face time is one of the most popular apps
In my opinion, Apple computer surely met this predicted future deadline, even by 2001. The technology and software had already been developed starting back in the 1963. The only draw backs engineers really had trouble with, was the physical hardware of the computer itself was too big. While customers wanted something small, it wasn't until the partnership between Apple and IBM -- to form the PowerPC -- that things started falling into place.
Carl Kane Yes, and by the sound of the confirmation tone on the "terminals" they all use, it's clearly the Mac "simple beep".
2032. Societys crashed to a nervous breakdown. Recabeling and back to analog Interactions.
They had commercial speech recog in 2003.. via Dragon. they were crude but still available
The trouble is that the future always looks exciting when predicted in films like there.
As it always arrive bit by bit - we've already adapted.
To be really exciting you'd have to work say in the Antarctic for 20 years shutting yourself off from the outside World before returning.
Having said this you might just find there's been an apocalypse.
Didn't the Pac Bell name stop being used before 2003?
+Joel Getz Yes. I think they changed to SBC in 2000.
7:14 is eerily accurate...now kids are curious to Google everything and anything with voice search
Daaaamn. My hometown Fresno
Im still waiting for my hover board.....
There are Hover Boards, just not the ones that run on anti-gravity sources.
Romero, Conflict of interests
There are flat screen monitors though.
Isn't that kid the brother on selena
Redeye007 Collecting Movies yep he is. And he looks high AF on this. Lol
The father is Enrique from Terminator 2
I came here looking for this comment lol
Wow they definitely predicted the future!
and to think they are all almost 30 years older in 2020. Assuming they are alive
Wow! Flat screen monitors and Skype! Also voice recognition. Not bad. That baby's as old as I am.
🤣 I know Siri can do most of that, and I don’t use it. I’m glad they stopped predicting flying cars.
Yep!
lol that actually just came out now, with the new motorola smartphone thing, it listens all the time so you just have to say' ok, google now' or something instead of pressing a button
NOW, Enrique
Who’s Anna
Ronnie She’s The Daughter
That tiny little monitor.
Did you expect them to have a burrito fight or something?
Why is 2003 so dramatic? Like a 1991 teen drama.
Ok I know y’all ain’t too smart so I’ll break it down…. This “movie” was made in 1991 and it’s supposed to be showing you the technology in 2003…. How have some of y’all made it this far in life?!
They missed that everyone in the future would be covered in tattoos.
these old commercial's could really predict the future talking to people on computers so true and so cool. See this at 1:00-1:12
I tried out Google Talk on Google Chrome two years ago, but I don't trust Google much because they're the new Microsoft.
Ieverything great but where are the cell phones?!
Lol, where's the mobile phones? They certainly over predicted the use of video conferencing too, most people prefer just voice communication even though skype services Etc with video are available. They got some things right though.
Good video who is the girl?
haha I was born in 2003 and I don't think video chat was a thing. Skip to 2017, yes all this stuff is happening.
In fact virtual chats (on the pc) have been around for over 10 years. But in 2006 it was already successful! But finally, the prediction of this video of 1991, made that prolonged its date by these so futuristic acts, that obviously did not roll in 2003, but rather 15,16 or 17 years later.
Curious note: I am South American (Latin), and I was born in 1997
im pretty sure there were even phones that could video call in 2003 not only computers
video chat was a thing in late 90s.
This is really a more realistic approach of futurism, but it was still a little too far-fetched. Speech recognition software that realizes when you're talking to it (e.g. when you're not looking away from the screen) might be possible in some years
Ennar 2020 - tada!
Siri, launched 4 October 2011, has something to say about that.
Their tablets are nicer than ours
AT&T motto 2019:"The Trouble Is Leaving Here Fine."
Kinda weird kinda complicated
07:00 searching "Premature Babys"....2020 Jail!
Good on Pacific Bell / AT&T to keep Fresno in mind. How we've come along from copper to fiber.
yes the internet is good
it is dangerous on the internet now
queensryche
woow, nice, in 1991 att predicted that latinos would forget all their heritage and be completely americans in the 21st century, only the last names remaining.
Even though his parents were German immigrants, Arkansas Gazette police beat reporter Joe Wirges and his family (and their descendants) were indistinguishable from any average American and didn't seem very German at all.
Bitcoin is the future.