Steve Wozniak, who designed Apple’s first computers — the Apple I and Apple II — appeared on both CNN and Fox Business on March 23, 2026, just days before Apple’s 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026. On CNN’s CNN News Central, anchor Brianna Keilar asked Wozniak about the future of AI as Apple approached its golden milestone. On Fox Business, he appeared on The Claman Countdown with Liz Claman. Across both interviews, Wozniak’s position was the same and unmistakable: he is not a fan of AI — not because of fear, but because of how it actually performs when you ask it something real.
Wozniak said he rarely uses AI and tests it only occasionally. Each time, he said, the results miss what he was actually looking for. AI returns broad, on-topic content that sidesteps the specific thing being asked. He also raised concerns about growing dependence on automated systems — something he sees as a risk to how people think and process information on their own. Beyond reliability, his deeper concern is more fundamental: AI has not lived a human life, and without that, he says, it cannot catch the subtle emotional cues that make human communication real. This view fits a consistent pattern. In March 2023, Wozniak signed the Future of Life Institute’s open letter calling for a six-month pause in training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. His position in 2026 is more specific, but the concern remains the same.
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I want to know some human being like myself is thinking, knowing what I might feel, and understanding emotions and all that.
What the Interviews Covered
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What Bothers Him Most About AI
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Where Do Today’s Tech Leaders Land?
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Wozniak on AI — From 2023 to March 2026
His concerns about AI are not new. Here is what he said, and where, across three documented moments.
Key Questions — Answered in His Own Words
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Steve Wozniak’s March 23, 2026 interviews on CNN and Fox Business were covered as part of reflections on Apple’s upcoming 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026. His statements addressed AI’s reliability failures, the absence of genuine human emotional understanding in current systems, the risk of growing dependency, and the lack of evidence that AI can replicate human cognition. Wozniak also discussed his decision to quit social media entirely to avoid dependency. He acknowledged that technology tends to improve over time, but said he has seen no sign yet of the kind of progress that would close the gap between AI output and real human understanding.
His concerns about AI have been documented since at least March 2023, when he signed the Future of Life Institute’s open letter calling for a pause in large language model development. The 2026 interviews added specific detail to that earlier position — focusing on what AI actually does wrong when a real person asks it a real question.
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