October 29, 1969
  
Today in Media History: The Internet began with a crash on October 29, 1969  
The beginning of the Internet is the story of two large computers, miles apart, sending the message: "LO". The world has never been the same. In the late 1960s an experimental network of four computers called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) was commissioned by the U.S. government. The computers were located at UCLA, SRI International (then known as Stanford Research Institute), UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah.
ARPANET evolved into the network of computer networks we know as the Internet. The first message was sent between two ARPANET computers. They tried to type in "LOGIN," but the computers crashed after the first two letters.
Do you remember the days of "Dial Up" to get online?
Do you remember life before you could click a button and connect with the world and others who are meaningful to you? How about the days before social media and smart cell phones as your brain accesses information instantly?
The rest, as they say, is history moving faster in time - forever evolving and reshaping our world each time we connect to the digital universe where AI stands as the next great leap in human communication and discovery - learning, adapting, and expanding what's possible. Others caution that such immense power must be guided with wisdom, ensuring we remain the stewards of our own future.
In the end, destiny is the force propelling reality forward to its ultimate destination - with artificial intelligence and the Internet emerging as natural progressions in humanity's evolutionary journey - creating new circuits of intelligence to decode what lies within our DNA - while helping us unravel age-old questions about who we are and why we are here. Is AI positive or negative? As with everything in physical reality it is both.