Some of the most historic names in the world of technology, increase the consensus around Steve Wozniak. And he is one of those few personalities for whom it is difficult to find detractors. I’m not saying there aren’t any, of course, but I can say that in a lifetime (of mine) devoted to technology, and in which I’ve spoken on many occasions to a number of relevant people in the industry, I’ve never come across any naysayers since good old Woz.

Co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs He left technology almost 40 years ago, in 1985but he always remained connected to the company in some way and his opinions were always listened to very carefully when there was a relevant market launch. And as a user of Apple devices and services for decades, I have no compunction in my case to admit that your opinion in this regard seems to me to be one of the most relevant to hear on this matter.

Now, at this point, we also have to take into account some personal biases (Wozniak’s, I mean), because it may be that the opinion of “what’s new” from Apple is not very positive, but that it relates to a more general vision situated in the same way. And that’s exactly what’s happening in this case and of course something that I think is very important to clarify. And as you might have guessed from this introduction, the big launch of the year from those in Cupertino didn’t excite Woz as much as those responsible for Apple.

As we can read in the Observer, a When asked about Apple’s set of AI-based features and services, Steve Wozniak said he doesn’t know much at the moment.. It is not a critical break, of course, but it is very, very far from the great enthusiasm with which, logically, those from Cupertino sell their great bet for 2024, which they tried to catch up with in view of the AI-based proposal from their main competitors.

In an interview cited by the aforementioned media, Wozniak states that he always likes to take the time to try before expressing his opinion, but also admits that on other occasions he knew from the first moment that he was faced with something really good and good. that it was worth it, something that confirms This did not happen on this occasion.

That’s right, yes Wozniak was already somewhat skeptical of artificial intelligenceso this opinion may be related to the opinion expressed about Apple Intelligence. Now there was the possibility that what Apple was proposing represented a substantial change from what had existed before, in which case it’s quite likely that Wozniak would have been much more positive. But that didn’t happen.