Google CEO thinks AI will be more a profound change than fire

Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, during a session of the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 22. — Reuters

Google’s chief executive officer has left no doubt in how important he thinks artificial intelligence will be to humanity.

"AI is one of the most profound things we’re working on as humanity. It’s more profound than fire or electricity, ” Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan 22.