ANTIC Interview 75 - Steve Davis, Director of Advanced Research

Published: Aug. 28, 2015, 7 a.m.

Steve Davis, Director of Advanced Research

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Steve Davis worked in Atari\u2019s 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,

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

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This interview occurred May 11, 2015.

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Teaser quote:

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\u201cI 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 \u2018This doesn\u2019t look good.\u2019\u201d