At the United Nations Future Summit on Saturday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a new fund for AI education and training around the world.
Pichai pointed out Four broad opportunities Their vision for AI and sustainable development is to help people access information in their own language, accelerate scientific discovery, provide alerts and tracking of climate disasters, and drive economic progress.
Pichai acknowledged that AI also poses risks, for example with deepfakes, although he did not mention AI’s impact on the climate.
He added that he wants to avoid a “global AI divide” and that Google is creating a $120 million Global AI Opportunity Fund through which it will “make AI education and training available in communities around the world” in partnership with local non-profits and non-governmental organizations.
On the same topic, Pichai called for “smart product regulation that mitigates harms and resists domestic protectionist impulses”; otherwise, he predicted, regulation could “widen the AI gap and limit its benefits.”