the fathers of the Internet.

He# now serves as the vice president## and the chief Internet evangelist# for Google.

That's his actual title.

Tonight, Cerf shares his Brief But Spectacular# take on the future of the Internet.

VINT CERF, Vice President and Chief Internet# Evangelist, Google: As the Internet evolved,## it didn't occur to us that Th e good part is that voices that# might not have been heard can be## heard in the Internet environment.# The not-so-good thing is that voices that you don't want to hear are also# amplified, including So we're being asked in some sense to# pay for the powerful tool that we have## available by using our brains to think# critically about the content that we see.

My good friend Bob Kahn and I started working on## the Internet in 1973.

It wasn't# like we woke up one day and hu h, we're going to build the Internet.

It# was more like a problem that was posed to## us.

How do we figure out how to connect these# different kinds of packet nets to each other?

And so it was an engineering job.

Well, let's# look at the Internet and see where it is today.## About two-thirds of the world's population have# access to it.

We have to understand how to make## all of these applications literally accessible# to everyone.

If there's a sound component that## includes speech, there should be captioning# available in the normal course of events.

If you're blind and you can't see what the# Web site looks like, there should be a way## of describing it audibly.

All of these things# are technically feasible.

It's just t everybody who designs a Web site knows how to do# that or has an intuition for doing that.

And so we## need to help people see examples of what makes a# good user interface that's universally accessible.

Many people get worried about artificial# intelligence.

For one thing, it brings to mind## robots and the robots are taking over.

I think# that's an overblown concern.

The thing that we## do want to make sure of is that we use these kinds# of technologies in ways that are safe and secure.

And that is going to require a lot more attention,# but I believe that's achievable.

There will have## to be laws agreed and on an international basis# in order to protect people from harm or to hold## people accountable for bad behavior.

But the# agency part is to help people, institutions,## and countries even to know how to protect# themselves in the online environment.

People ask about, what am I proud of them?# And I don't feel pride, as much as I feel## some gratitude to know that what Bob Kahn and# I and a mass of other people have designed and## built is still open to further revolution.

And the# fact that it has opened up so many opportunities## for other people to contribute, I think, is a# very important element in the Internet story.

My name is Vint Cerf, and this is my Brief But## Spectacular take on the future of the# Internet.

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