Why The Jetsons still matters (2012)
by fortran77 on 1/29/2026, 8:19:56 PM
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/
Comments
by: MisterTea
From 2012 so AI doesn't factor in which would be more interesting in comparison.<p>Having watched the Jetsons as a kid I remember that George Jetson worked for Spaceley Sprockets where his only job was to push a single button. He worked with a computer personality called Rudy (an AI) who from memory was always depressed and had a crush on a female computer personality of rival company Cogsworth Cogs.<p>It would be interesting to revisit this with a focus on the relationship and interactions between humans and their AI/robotics.
1/29/2026, 9:19:13 PM
by: Daub
The Jetsons was honored by the Power Puff girls with a number of Easter egg appearances. Just search ‘power puff firms and jetsons’ for examples.
2/3/2026, 10:15:19 AM
by: kreelman
Interestingly, if we could do floating orbital platforms above Venus, it could perhaps look a little like the Jetsons.
2/3/2026, 11:06:22 AM