Speaking at the UN Summit of the Future on Saturday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described artificial intelligence (AI) as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a new global initiative to educate and train people in AI. One of the key points in his speech was that AI can stimulate development and help fight against enormous global problems.
The Possibilities for Using AI in Sustainable Development Sundar Pichai
Pichai outlined four opportunities where AI technologies can be helpful in achieving sustainable development:
Language Access: Many people in the world lack access to information because of the language barrier. Language accessibility AI can ameliorate such challenges by making native language content accessible to everyone.
Accelerating Scientific Discovery: Whether in medicine or energy, AI can enhance research and discovery processes by rapidly sifting through large datasets.
Climate Disaster Alerts: Advanced AI systems can do so much, such as analyzing designs, following and forecasting climate-based disasters, and giving urgency alerts and preparedness warnings.
Economic Growth: AI can enhance economic development through increasing innovation and productivity, which will bring new avenues of development to all sectors.
Also, directly addressing AI’s risks, most of those will centre on the positive aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Pichai While endorsing the use of AI, there are some downfalls, especially with deep fake scenarios risks, and he said such technology could be employed to advance lying. Pointedly, he did not touch on the global warming aspect of AI during his discourse.
The Global AI Opportunity Fund Sundar Pichai
To enhance AI opportunities worldwide, Pichai announced the establishment of a Global AI Opportunity Fund with $120 million attached to it. This initiative endeavours to provide AI education in developing countries. Google also intends to work with public charities and other non-profit organizations to ensure that AI will not remain a privilege for a few.
The call for Regulation of AI that is Smart
However, Pichai has endorsed liberal, advanced “smart product regulation,” which is necessary to contain the possible harm arising from the technology and discourage national protectionism. He was careful to point out that if regulation is done badly, it will exacerbate the AI divide and thus deprive the world of the benefits of its rapid growth.
Summing up, Sundar Pichai’s address as the Indian tech leader at the UN Summit focused mainly on the usual potential of all technology and drawbacks inherent in the development of artificial intelligence systems. In line with the Global AI Opportunity Fund, it is Google’s goal to see to it that every person will be able to access technological learning of AI systems in as much as it calls for smart policy for the success of AI.
