“[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.
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