Vint Cerf | VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
- Vint is recognised as an American internet pioneer, called one of the fathers of the internet.
- He is the co-author of the TCP Protocol.
Podcast
Overview
In today’s interconnected world, the internet is an omnipresent force that touches every aspect of our lives. From communication and commerce to education and entertainment, the internet has become an indispensable tool. But how did this extraordinary network of networks come into existence? In a candid interview with Vint Cerf, a renowned internet pioneer, we delve into the journey of how the internet became a global sensation and the profound impact it has had on the world.
[00:42] – About Vint Cerf
- Vint is recognised as an American internet pioneer, called one of the fathers of the internet.
- He is the co-author of the TCP Protocol.
- Vint is a founding member of the ICANN.
- He has been awarded and felicitated several times.
[15:56] – At what time did you realise that the internet has become a global sensation?
- The ARPANET was a tremendously successful experiment in packet switching.
- It was intended to link a dozen universities together to share their computing resources.
- It also aimed to accelerate the rate at which artificial intelligence and computer science research can be undertaken.
- It taught us that the computer communication idea was very powerful allowing people to work with each other across multiple time zones.
[27:08] – What led you to open the internet for the public?
- It was the logical progression, from the experience of the ARPANET and the Internet.
- Tim Berners Lee announced the World Wide Web in 1991.
- Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina designed Mosaic, a graphical browser.
- That led to an explosion of world wide web applications.
[40:14] – Do you agree that digital has a net positive impact on the world?
- This is a decade of computational X for almost all values of x, whether it’s linguistics and astrophysics, or physics or chemistry.
- We are seeing people getting Nobel Prizes using computer technology in order to make discoveries.
- Whether it will effectively help us solve the sustainability problem and solve the climate change problem is an open question.
- But the tool helps us model what’s going on and the extent to which our models accurately reflect how the real world is working.
- It helps us gain insight into figuring out what we should do in order to mediate or mitigate the effects of global warming.
[50:43] – What is your advice to young people?
- Don’t try to plan your career. Just be alert of opportunity.
- Recognizing that humility is your friend and asking questions to learn more, turning to people who know more than you do to get good answers is a valuable exercise.
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- Vint is recognised as an American internet pioneer, called one of the fathers of the internet.
- He is the co-author of the TCP Protocol.
- Vint is a founding member of the ICANN.
- He has been awarded and felicitated several times.
