Steve Wozniak: AI will eliminate car ownership

Apple co-founder and PC revolutionary, Steve "the Woz" Wozniak thinks there may be no need to own a car in future, thanks to developments in self-driving vehicles and Uber. Discussing artificial intelligence at the Future Transport Summit 2016 in Sydney, Wozniak said the implications of AI on transportation were bound to be huge, with a subsequent decline in ownership of cars, especially in cities where public transportation was more sophisticated. Wozniak said he anticipated a gradual shift towards private ownership of vehicles as they start to be seen less as a crucial part of our lives and more as means of getting from A to B. "Uber is a good example of [why drivers aren't needed] - if you just order it and a car comes, why does there need a driver? Without a driver we get all the benefits of lower cost and more safety," he said. "How long would it take before all the cars were not owned, or self-driving if they are owned? "Self-driving Ubers are the future, and we can use money we had set aside for a car to pay off student loans or buy new computers." Wozniak suggested that despite the dwindling necessity to own a car, some people will still hope to have one due to our human desire to own things. "I still think people will want to own a beautiful car even if you never see it… Look at the music industry, you used to buy your own CDs and vinyl, and I still have problems giving that up.