The living legend of the computer industry that was at the source of Apple Steve Wozniak , often asked to assess certain events and trends in the industry, and such questions are the basis for numerous interviews. Colleagues from the PCWorld site, who had the opportunity to communicate with Steve, in this sense were not too original, and asked Wozniak how he relates to robotics and education, and who would he be if he did not participate in Apple creation .
If you start with the last question, it turns out that Steve Wozniak could have worked all his life as an engineer at HP. At the very least, he sought to obtain permanent work in this corporation, took part in the development of calculators of this brand, but the relevant personnel decisions were not accepted. Fate decreed otherwise - he met Steve Jobs, who convinced Wozniak of the need to "monetize" his talents. Wozniak himself at the time was not guided by the desire to earn. Even the first computer systems developed by him allowed him to reproduce to all comers free of charge, counting only on the recognition of his own engineering talents, and not on receiving money.
"Wozniak is not afraid of machines, because he believes that the development of robots will take a very long time, and in the foreseeable future "rebellion" does not threaten us, because the machines will need a man. If Steve was now young, he would have devoted his professional activity to robotics. According to him, it would be tempting to develop a robot that could find himself in an unfamiliar home or apartment, find a kitchen and prepare coffee, orienting in unfamiliar surroundings without preliminary information preparation.
Speaking about the problems of modern education, Wozniak recognizes the primacy of motivation over knowledge imposed by books or teachers. If the child wants to learn something, then he will achieve it. Teaching children programming is also important, but you must at least wait until they are twelve years old. At this age, the intellect of a teenager, according to Wozniak, is already ready to perceive the basics of programming.
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