Did The BBC And Sir Clive Get It Right Twenty Years Ago?

A 2006 BBC Newsnight segment resurfaces, featuring Sir Clive Sinclair and a BT representative discussing predictions about the future of artificial intelligence, such as AI-driven education and healthcare services. Looking back twenty years later, the piece reflects on how surprisingly close some of those predictions came to today's reality, while noting the era's retro tech like Nokia phones and Ford Focus cars, contrasted with the smartphone revolution that hadn't yet happened.

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