WHAT JUST HAPPENED? For the third time in a few weeks, someone has mentioned AI at university graduation speech. But rather than being drowned out by boos, the speaker received cheers. That's because it was AI skeptic Steve Wozniak, and he was talking about "actual intelligence."
Apple co-founder Wozniak, perhaps the best-loved personality in the tech industry, spoke at Grand Valley State University's graduation ceremony earlier this month.
The Woz brought up the subject of AI, something that concerns many of today's graduates who fear its negative impact on their job prospects.
"You have AI – actual intelligence," Wozniak said, eliciting a round of applause from the audience.
"It would take too long to go deeply into what I think about AI, but we've been trying to create a brain," Wozniak said. "Is there a way we can duplicate a routine a trillion times and have it work like a brain? AI is one of those attempts."
