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ANTIC Interview 75 - Steve Davis, Director of Advanced Research

Aug 28, 201527 min
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Steve Davis, Director of Advanced Research

Steve Davis worked in Atari’s advanced research lab under Alan Kay, for 5 or 6 years, where he worked on several skunkworks projects including a laserdisc player controlled by an Atari 800,

an Atari 800-based local area network, and artificial intelligence projects.

This interview occurred May 11, 2015.

Teaser quote:

“I winded around the building, there was nobody there. ... I opened up this one door and there was, like, hundreds of people partying. With party hats on. I called the guy in New York and said ‘This doesn’t look good.’”

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