person
Steve Wozniak
Apple co-founder; Pause letter signatory
Apple co-founder who signed the 2023 FLI Pause letter. Frames his concern as about bad actors using AI rather than rogue AI, but joined the call on the principle that the signatories were trustworthy.
Profile
expertise
Commentator
Engages publicly on AI without specialised technical or domain credentials. Writers, executives commenting outside their lane, public intellectuals.
Apple co-founder. Engineering background but no specialised AI work; commentary is celebrity-tier.
recognition
Household name
Name recognition outside the AI/CS community. Featured by mainstream press, a Wikipedia page in many languages, a published bestseller, or holds a position the lay public knows.
Among the most widely-recognised individuals in tech.
vintage
Post-ChatGPT
Entered the AI strategy debate in or after 2023. ChatGPT was already public when their voice became influential. Often shaped by Pause letter, AISIs, AI 2027.
Apple co-founder; AI commentary largely post-ChatGPT (signed FLI Pause letter 2023).
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
Strategy positions
Pauseendorses
Halt frontier training until alignment catches upSigned the Pause Giant AI Experiments letter; publicly explained his concern is primarily about misuse.
I'm not afraid of large language models themselves. I'm afraid of people using them for bad things.
Closest strategy neighbours
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.