Alan Kay: Shannon gave us a way of dealing with noisy channels [video]

Alan Kay discusses how Shannon provided methods for handling noisy channels. This is exemplified by an accidental Zoom performance of Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting in a Room" (1969). In Lucier's original work, he re-recorded his voice until only the room's resonance was left. The Zoom performance, however, highlights network effects like delay, compression, and dropouts, demonstrating how noise can manifest in digital communication.

This report uniquely connects Alan Kay's discussion of Shannon's work to a modern, accidental Zoom performance, unlike typical theoretical explanations.