The Secretive US Gov Agency That Built the Internet

...and then started creating AI, too

Sometimes to predict the future we need to understand the past.

Let’s explore where this entire information explosion we call the internet came from.

And see what else this secretive group came up with, and where they went off to…

The Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) housed within the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) played a pivotal yet untold role in planting the seeds of innovation that sprouted much of modern computer science and technology as we know it.

Established in 1962 at the height of the Cold War space race, IPTO served as the nerve center for pioneering computer research and development projects that would transform the landscape of technology for decades to come.

This agency created the protocols and methods required for the internet to exist.

From artificial intelligence to computer graphics to networking, IPT…