Take a step back to 1985 - Desktop PC's were still a new concept, and computers were for many people still in the realms of sci-fi.
This was when Timeslip "the Block" was produced, a pilot episode for a series which was never produced.
It feature a hacker (John Taylor of the band Duran Duran), who accessed a system called Timeslip which would give him glimpses of the future.
The vision of the future was of a dystopian future where "lucky" (employed) people get to work in armoured taxis which are likely going to be firebombed en route.
The central character (Greg) interacts with AI systems in the office block where he works, and has an affair (which is forbidden).
He gives his office computer system an instruction which (now) seems absurdly naive and suggests he knows nothing about the potential consequences of interacting with computers. (again, please remember this episode was made in 1985!)
The instruction he issues sets up the action for the rest of the episode.
You can likely still find this on Youtube or elsewhere online, and it's certainly not a deep story, but if nothing else it's a reminder of how far technology has advanced since 1985.
This was when Timeslip "the Block" was produced, a pilot episode for a series which was never produced.
It feature a hacker (John Taylor of the band Duran Duran), who accessed a system called Timeslip which would give him glimpses of the future.
The vision of the future was of a dystopian future where "lucky" (employed) people get to work in armoured taxis which are likely going to be firebombed en route.
The central character (Greg) interacts with AI systems in the office block where he works, and has an affair (which is forbidden).
He gives his office computer system an instruction which (now) seems absurdly naive and suggests he knows nothing about the potential consequences of interacting with computers. (again, please remember this episode was made in 1985!)
The instruction he issues sets up the action for the rest of the episode.
You can likely still find this on Youtube or elsewhere online, and it's certainly not a deep story, but if nothing else it's a reminder of how far technology has advanced since 1985.
