Steve Wozniak
American electrical engineer and programmer
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| 2024 | Wozniak sued YouTube regarding a scam using his likeness and later won after a court ruled YouTube liable for not addressing the issue. |
| 2023 | In 2023, Wozniak signed an open letter from the Future of Life Institute, calling for a six-month pause on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. |
| December 2023 | Wozniak became a Serbian citizen and announced plans to promote Serbia while living in the U.S. |
| November 2023 | Wozniak suffered a minor stroke while preparing to speak at a conference in Mexico City but was hospitalized briefly before returning home. |
| May 2023 | In May 2023, Wozniak commented in an interview with the BBC that AI's intelligence could make scams more difficult to detect, noting concerns about the potential misuse of AI by bad actors. |
| May 19 2023 | Wozniak received an Honorary Doctoral degree from Lincoln Law School in San Jose, California. |
| 2022 | Wozniak received the museum's Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in the invention of the Apple I & II computers and the co-founding of Apple. |
| March 1 2022 | Privateer Space debuted the first version of its space traffic monitoring software. |
| 2021 | Wozniak received the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award for pioneering the design of consumer-friendly personal computers. |
| September 2021 | Wozniak was reported to be starting a company named Privateer Space, addressing the issue of space debris. |
| July 2021 | Wozniak made a Cameo video in response to right to repair activist Louis Rossmann, expressing his emotional connection to the issue. |
| April 2021 | Wozniak became a panelist for the new TV series Unicorn Hunters, a business investment show produced by the makers of The Masked Singer. |
| 2020 | Wozniak announced the launch of Efforce, a marketplace for funding ecologically friendly projects, utilizing a WOZX cryptocurrency token. |
| 2017 | Wozniak shared his personal disdain for accumulating large amounts of wealth in an interview with Fortune magazine. |
| October 2017 | Wozniak announced the founding of Woz U, an online educational technology service for independent students and employees. |
| March 2017 | Wozniak was listed by Richtopia as number 18 on its list of the 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs. |
| 2016 | In 2016, Wozniak indicated that he no longer worried about the emergence of superintelligence, stating skepticism about computers competing with human intuition. |
| March 2016 | High Point University announced that Wozniak would serve as their Innovator in Residence. |
| March 15 2016 | The original short feature film 'Steve Wozniak's Formative Moment' was released on Reddit, highlighting a significant period in Wozniak's life. |
| 2015 | In 2015, a documentary titled 'Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer, 1974–1999' was aired on the National Geographic Channel, featuring Wozniak. |
| 2015 | Wozniak co-founded the Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), an annual pop culture and technology convention, alongside Rick White. |
| 2015 | In 2015, Wozniak was portrayed by Seth Rogen in the feature film 'Steve Jobs,' directed by Danny Boyle, that presents key moments in Steve Jobs' life. |
| 2015 | The documentary 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' was released, which explores the life and impact of Steve Jobs, featuring insights from Steve Wozniak. |
| June 2015 | By June 2015, Wozniak expressed that a superintelligence takeover would be beneficial for humans, showing a significant shift in his perspective on AI. |
| June 20 2015 | Wozniak was presented with the 2015 Alumnus of the Year Award by the Cal Alumni Association. |
| June 19 2015 | Wozniak received the Legacy for Children Award from the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, which honors individuals whose legacies significantly benefit children. |
| March 2015 | In March 2015, Steve Wozniak stated that he had originally dismissed Ray Kurzweil's opinion about machine intelligence outpacing human intelligence within several decades, but changed his mind and began to feel a contradictory sense of foreboding regarding artificial intelligence. |
| 2014 | Wozniak was added to the Manufacturing Hall of Fame by Industry Week. |
| 2014 | Wozniak became chief scientist at Primary Data, a company founded by former Fusion-io executives. |
| October 16 2014 | The New York City Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization presented Wozniak with their Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Museum of Natural History. |
| February 17 2014 | Wozniak was awarded the 66th Hoover Medal in Los Angeles from IEEE President & CEO J. Roberto de Marca. |
| 2013 | In 2013, Wozniak was portrayed by Josh Gad in the film 'Jobs,' directed by Joshua Michael Stern, which chronicles the life of Steve Jobs. |
| November 8 2013 | Wozniak was awarded an Honorary Doctoral degree by University Camilo José Cela in Madrid, Spain. |
| September 30 2013 | Wozniak appeared on the television show John Wants Answers, discussing the movie Jobs along with early Apple employees Daniel Kottke and Andy Hertzfeld. |
| 2012 | Wozniak applied for Australian citizenship, expressing his desire to live in Melbourne in the future. |
| June 16 2012 | Wozniak received an Honorary Doctoral degree from Santa Clara University. |
| 2011 | Wozniak was awarded the Global Award of the President of Armenia for his outstanding contribution to humanity through IT. |
| 2011 | Wozniak received Honorary Doctoral degrees from Michigan State University and from State Engineering University of Armenia. |
| 2011 | Wozniak received the Isaac Asimov Science Award from the American Humanist Association. |
| June 22 2011 | Wozniak was awarded an Honorary Doctoral degree by Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. |
| September 30 2010 | Wozniak appeared as himself in The Big Bang Theory season 4 episode titled 'The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification'. |
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