AI will be Bigger Than Electricity or Fire- Sundar Pichai, Google CEO
weforum- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google was speaking at Wef 2018 conference said that the Artificial Intelligence will save us not destroy us.
“AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire,” he said. “Any time you work with technology, you need to learn to harness the benefits while minimising the downsides.”
While some thinkers notably Professor Stephen Hawking have warned that AI could wipe out mankind, Pichai was optimistic. He said that the technology could eliminate many of the constraints we now face, helping us for example to make “clean, cheap, reliable energy” a reality.
Pichai, who grew up in India, spoke of the transformative power of technology.
“Growing up, I did...