https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2018/05/26/for-eager-robot-developers-its-1976-all-over-again/

The most visionary programmers today dream of what a robot could do, just like their counterparts in 1976 dreamed of what personal computers could do.

In 1976, if you had a creative idea for software or dreamed of writing your own computer programs to earn money, you were screwed.