“[Steve] Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and chief scientist at Primary Data, received the Alltech Humanitarian Award from Alltech at a conference in Lexington, Ky,” Teena Maddox reports for TechRepublic. “Watching Wozniak talk is like seeing a brilliant orator at work, as he talks about numerous subjects at a lightning fast speed and gives insightful commentary on each topic before the listener can sometimes even process what has been said on the previous subject.”
“Despite his whirlwind mind, or perhaps because of it, Wozniak is a fascinating speaker and at the conference, he touched upon everything from AI to VR and many things in between,” Maddox reports. “As for artificial intelligence, he said, ‘if a computer is 100 times better than our brain, will it make the world perfect? Probably not, it will probably end up just like us, fighting… ‘What is a person? What are you? You are all the connections in your brain. What if all those things have been mapped out on the web and it remembers better than your own mind does. Are you here, or are you out there more. It’s a scary thought. Where is humanity going? It doesn’t bother me because it’s the new way. You can’t stop it. If you try to stop a big steam roller you get squished.'”
“As for new tech, Wozniak said one of his favorite new items is the Samsung camera that takes a picture when you say ‘smile.’ He also likes to use Apple Pay, even on his Apple Watch. ‘These are things you’d show off even to friends.’ Virtual reality is another area of interest to him. He said he particularly enjoys the Samsung Gear VR,” Maddox reports. “Wozniak said he’s not privy to what Apple is currently working on, but, ‘I hope Apple is working on a VR that’s advanced compared to the ones we’re seeing.'”
Much more – including what Woz wants on his headstone – in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The floppy disk story is vintage Woz!
Snicker. Reporter chick probably impressed by talking birds as well.
“[Steve] Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and chief scientist at Primary Data, received the Alltech Humanitarian Award from Alltech at a conference in Lexington, Ky, then ate it.”
Well does Woz have any ideas NOW on what kind of computer he could make, that would blow everyones mind?
How about a quantum computer? All they’re doing now is shrinking the chips. At some point you won’t be able to do that anymore. If you can’t get chips to 4 Ghz, to me, that’s a problem. We RAN OUT of gas didn’t we. If the only way foreward, is to have SIX, or EIGHT cores per chip, then let’s get this show on the road!!! And each core should have it’s OWN direct memory access. How about real-time ray tracing software that does 3D 4K.
Where’s the EASY to use software, that let’s you create photo-realistic characters? You should be able to have Obama say he’s decided to be a republican, and people would do a double take. Then they would realize it’s a prank, cause you can create images of ANYTHING, ANYTIME, with EASY to use software.
Rex
Friday, June 3, 2016 – 8:44 pm · Reply
The laws of physics have to be accounted for.
There is a huge cost in power for running a chip fast, and there is an inflection point where pushing much more power only yields minimal speed increases. Intel famously tried the “GHz over everything” idea that you are proposing with the NetBurst architecture. It sucked
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NO, I’m NOT trying to suggest trying hard to get to 4Ghz,10,50 etc.
I’m sure Intel would come out with faster chips, if it could. I WISH I could see faster chips, that’s all.
UNLESS someone comes up with a new design, for a computer, looks like we’re just stuck. (at under 4 GHZ.)
SO, we need multi-core six, eight cores with their OWN direct memory access, for FULL SPEED. And a GREAT MULTI-CORE O.S.. MANY developers who have dual-core, or quad core, only use the ONE CORE.
Then again, not everyone wants to write multi-core, when writing to the single core is easier. So, then it’s back to a quantum computer, or some other “NEW kinda computer.