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Hamdullah Mohib

Hamdullah Mohib

Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States

Jun 30, 2026

13:47
We, we were just sitting together and, and you were actually just showing me Altair comes from?
13:52
So Altair is the first computer for which Microsoft wrote Basic.
13:58
That's where y- you have the entry of Microsoft.
14:01
So we talk about this AI moment today, but in the early personal computer history, um, computers were, were not everybody's, uh, cup of tea.
14:11
People, uh, and not just, uh, programmers.
14:13
It was hard.
14:14
We had assembly coding, which meant you're moving memory from one place to another.
15:44
How is that going to change the reality of certain industries here on Earth, the impact?
16:48
Is this data valuable? Do you ultimately, you know, can you sell the data and therefore recoup the money you've spent on building these satellites and putting them into space?
16:56
Yeah, Earth observation satellites space is growing and it's a very profitable endeavor.
17:04
Countries and companies pay a lot of money for these images.
17:08
What we are trying to do is make it even easier because we have onboard compute.
17:14
Normally you just get a picture.
17:16
And you may get it much later than you need it.
17:20
So you take a picture, you position a satellite to say, here is a picture.
21:59
Is that your level?

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