In a new interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shared his opinion on Apple’s artificial intelligence offerings, highlighting that his initial interactions with Siri “worked well.” The opinion is perhaps somewhat general, as the engineer explained that he still needs more time to make a definitive judgment on the development of AI at Apple, as he has not yet had enough experience with the system, but it is always interesting to hear the thoughts of someone who is a true reference in the Apple world.
“I avoid using large language models”
Wozniak defines himself more as a user than as an investor, which allows him a different approach to the emerging technologies of the Cupertino company.
For Wozniak, artificial intelligence is primarily an advanced search engine. This is one of the reasons why giants like Google and OpenAI are investing great efforts in creating AI-based search engines.
Despite the rapid advances in this field, Wozniak believes that it is still early to assess the full impact of artificial intelligence in its current form. A skepticism that, in fact, is shared by other prominent figures in the technology world.
Just this past week, for example, Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, stated that much of the hype about generative artificial intelligence is nothing more than noise without real substance. In this vein, Wozniak claims that, whenever possible, he avoids using large language models because he prefers the reliability of information. A reference to the biggest challenge that AIs face.
Meanwhile, Apple Intelligence focuses on tasks where the possibility of error is extremely low. An approach that makes Apple Intelligence better than other AIs precisely in what makes it unique. This approach could change Wozniak’s opinion in a few months.
