Looking back to see forward

As the world struggles with the impact of AI, looking back to the 1960s and the growth of another high-tech medium called television may help us understand what is happening and where we’re heading.

Back to the future with the Jetsons

The Jetsons ran for just 24 episodes between September 1962 and March 1963 but the cartoon had a huge impact on popular culture and, like all vintage science fiction, got some things right and some things wrong about the world we inhabit today.