Still early days of AI, real potential to come in place in 10-20 years: Pichai

Confident about Artificial Intelligence playing a much bigger role in tackling future pandemics, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, said on Friday these are still the early days of AI and its real potential will come into play in 10-20 years.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s virtual Davos Agenda Summit, he said COVID-19 itself has been a moment of reflection.

“While you see the horrible impact around the world, you also see the role technology plays in how the economy is still functioning around the world. The vaccine development is happening on a foundation of technological progress over the past many decades,” Pichai said.