Google CEO Sundar Pichai said ,”All our predictions about the past 20 years of what automation will do to the economy haven’t quite exactly panned out the way we all predicted 20 years ago.”
After several criticisms over Generativ AI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is still bullish on the transformative potential of the technology. In a recent talk at Stanford, Pichai revealed that his biggest concern which keeps him up at night is startups trying to disrupt Google’s businesses. “Honestly, it’s a question which has always kept me up at night through the years,” he admitted. He added that “you’re always susceptible to someone in a garage with a better idea.”, reported Indian Express.
Sundar Pichai On Jobs After 20 Years
Google CEO emphasized on no one can predict or explain what kind of jobs we will have after 20 30 years, same way we couldn’t predict the jobs like content creator or Youtuber are available during current times. He said , “I can’t imagine explaining what a YouTube creator means to someone from 40 years ago, right? Let alone to a farmer from 100 years ago. Right. So there are entirely new classes of jobs which will be created.”
He also spoke how our predictions made in the past didn’t come true and how A.I. will disrupt society in future. He said “All our predictions about the past 20 years of what automation will do to the economy haven’t quite exactly panned out the way we all predicted 20 years ago. So I think we have to keep an open mind. Having said that, all of us feel the weight of, you know, for a technology like AI, which can progress fast, there could be larger scale societal disruptions.”
Sundar Pichai Bullish On Artificial Intelligence
Though A.I may take some jobs or create new jobs, it is going to change various sectors completely. Google CEO highlighted how A.I. will benefit humanity in future. He said, “Every technology, humanity has had to work hard to harness it to be beneficial. This will be one of the most challenging we ever deal with. But I think, I think in the next 5 to 10 years, you know, I’m more optimistic than not that a lot of the benefits we see, healthcare is a great example, there are many, many areas where I can see how applying AI will be a net positive, right? And so I think that’s what we are looking ahead at least in the near-term.”
He added, “For the amount of progress we have had when I look at the next six months, 12 months, 18 months, it looks like there’s going to be a lot more progress there. So I think, you know, I feel very bullish about it. It is very clear to me having computers assist humans in driving, it’s going to be one of the most obvious things. You know, 20 years from now, people will look back and say, you mean you had a time when computers weren’t assisting humans in driving? So it would seem silly. And so I think we are pointed in the right direction.”
(With Inputs From Reuters)