From CLI to AI: The Evolution of How Humans Talk to Software

Every time you type a command, tap an icon, or ask an AI to do something for you — you are participating in a conversation that started over a hundred years ago. A conversation between humans and machines. And the story of how that conversation evolved is one of the most fascinating, underappreciated narratives in technology. This isn't a story that moves in clean chapters. The CLI never died when the GUI arrived. The GUI didn't vanish when touchscreens appeared. Each paradigm layered on top of