What's Worth Making with Prof. Hal Abelson
[MUSIC PLAYING] HAL ABELSON: --not some off-in-the-future-- we right today are in the place where even high school kids or maybe even younger can actually create a national resource that's available to everyone in the world. SARAH HANSEN: I'm Sarah Hansen. Today on Chalk Radio, my guest is Hal Abelson, legendary professor of computer science and engineering at MIT. Hal came to MIT as a graduate student in 1969 and has been teaching here since 1972. He was instrumental in conceptualizing MIT OpenCourseWare, which is not at all surprising, given that he's dedicated his whole career to opening computer science to everyone, even and especially children. In this interview, we talk about his involvement in developing the first programming language for young people. We also talk about his App Inventor platform, artificial intelligence, and his vision for the future of MIT OpenCourseWare. So without further ado, here's my conversation with Hal Abelson. I want to t...