Does Email Survive?
In short: Email's decades-old protocol still carries our messages, and this film weighs the evidence for and against AI agents taking over the reading while people approve only what matters.
A 2:02 short film in the series “Tomorrow's World”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Computer History Museum (Email Innovation Timeline by Elizabeth Feinler and John Vittal, 2022), “Email Innovation Timeline”; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), “Ray Tomlinson. @. 1971 | MoMA”; Network Working Group / Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (RFC 821, Jonathan B. Postel), “rfc821.txt.pdf”; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC authored by Jonathan B. Postel, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, “RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol”; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER Working Paper 33795, hosted by Harvard Business School), “download.aspx”; arXiv (paper by University of Amsterdam and Microsoft / Microsoft Research authors), “Characterizing Reading Time on Enterprise Emails”; School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (paper published at IUI'10, ACM), “Agent-Assisted Task Management that Reduces Email Overload”; A2A Protocol project (Agent2Agent Protocol specification, a2a-protocol.org), “Overview - A2A Protocol”; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), “Technical Blog: Strengthening AI Agent Hijacking Evaluations”; National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), “Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI”; National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK, “Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI”; U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), “U.S. GAO - Information Technology: Agencies Need to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems”; Internet Society, “Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards - Internet Society”.
Sources used in this film
- Computer History Museum (Email Innovation Timeline by Elizabeth Feinler and John Vittal, 2022) — Email Innovation Timeline · View →
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) — Ray Tomlinson. @. 1971 | MoMA · View →
- Network Working Group / Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (RFC 821, Jonathan B. Postel) — rfc821.txt.pdf · View →
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC authored by Jonathan B. Postel, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California — RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol · View →
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER Working Paper 33795, hosted by Harvard Business School) — download.aspx · View →
- arXiv (paper by University of Amsterdam and Microsoft / Microsoft Research authors) — Characterizing Reading Time on Enterprise Emails · View →
- School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (paper published at IUI'10, ACM) — Agent-Assisted Task Management that Reduces Email Overload · View →
- A2A Protocol project (Agent2Agent Protocol specification, a2a-protocol.org) — Overview - A2A Protocol · View →
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) — Technical Blog: Strengthening AI Agent Hijacking Evaluations · View →
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI · View →
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK — Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI · View →
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) — U.S. GAO - Information Technology: Agencies Need to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems · View →
- Internet Society — Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards - Internet Society · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum (Email Innovation Timeline by Elizabeth Feinler and John Vittal, 2022): Email Innovation Timeline
- Also: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): Ray Tomlinson. @. 1971 | MoMA
- Also: Network Working Group / Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (RFC 821, Jonathan B. Postel): rfc821.txt.pdf
- Also: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC authored by Jonathan B. Postel, Information Sciences Institute, University o: RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- Also: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER Working Paper 33795, hosted by Harvard Business School): download.aspx
- Also: arXiv (paper by University of Amsterdam and Microsoft / Microsoft Research authors): Characterizing Reading Time on Enterprise Emails
- Also: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (paper published at IUI'10, ACM): Agent-Assisted Task Management that Reduces Email Overload
- Also: A2A Protocol project (Agent2Agent Protocol specification, a2a-protocol.org): Overview - A2A Protocol
- Also: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI): Technical Blog: Strengthening AI Agent Hijacking Evaluations
- Also: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK: Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI
- Also: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK: Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI
- Also: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): U.S. GAO - Information Technology: Agencies Need to Continue Addressing Critical Legacy Systems
- Also: Internet Society: Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards - Internet Society
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