Analogue Evolution, Digital Revolution: Tipping Points in Technology • Dylan Beattie • YOW! 2023

This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2023. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Dylan Beattie - Consultant, Software Developer & Creator of the Rockstar Programming Language @DylanBeattie RESOURCES https://twitter.com/dylanbeattie https://github.com/dylanbeattie https://linkedin.com/in/dylanbeattie https://dylanbeattie.net https://codewithrockstar.com ABSTRACT Technological progress is non-linear. Sometimes, innovation is a smooth curve; hundreds of small, incremental improvements over many years – until something comes along that changes the game; something that fundamentally challenges our assumptions around what technology can achieve. Within the last few decades, technology has profoundly and irreversibly changed the shape of human society; how we work, how we relax, how we communicate and collaborate. And, in almost every case, the key has been digitalisation: the ability to take transform part of our reality into a stream of bits. With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to see the tipping points, to identify the moments when a particular technology or idea achieved critical mass, when something went from being an interesting prototype to a viable product – but for people who were there at the time, it often wasn’t nearly so obvious. In an industry that’s perpetually excited about the “next big thing”, how do developers and technologists decide what to focus on? Should we be thinking about augmented reality? Will machine learning replace developers? Is AI a fun toy, a useful tool – or an existential threat to humanity? Join Dylan Beattie for an entertaining look at the innovations that really did change the world (and a few that didn’t!), and how understanding our history can help us make sense of the next digital revolution – whatever that turns out to be. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 03:55 Tipping points 05:20 Film vs digital cameras 12:52 Music industry 16:34 GenAI 20:14 Books 24:39 Stack Overflow 26:03 Will AI replace software engineers? 31:00 Kodak Super 8 32:54 DALL-E 36:39 ChatGPT 42:24 Alice & Bob 44:42 https://solidproject.org 46:17 Social media 52:43 Conclusion 58:07 Outro Read the full abstract here: https://yowcon.com/sydney-2023/sessions/3000 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Roger Penrose • The Emperor's New Mind • https://amzn.to/49sLkAO Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • https://amzn.to/3GAPzN7 Gamma, Helm, Johnson & Booch • Design Patterns (Gang of Four) • https://amzn.to/3sPJ8yk David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • https://amzn.to/3GI468M Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #AnalogueEvolution #DigitalRevolution #TippingPoints #ChatGPT #LLM #Kodak #mp3 #StackOverflow #SolidProject #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #ComputerScience #DylanBeattie #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1