Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns AI must prove useful to maintain public support
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Summary
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns at the World Economic Forum that AI must demonstrate tangible benefits to society or risk losing public support. He emphasizes that AI needs to 'do something useful' that improves outcomes for people, communities, countries, and industries. Nadella calls for building energy infrastructure to support AI development and encourages workers to learn AI skills as a 'cognitive amplifier.' The article highlights concerns about AI's energy consumption and the need for practical applications to justify its environmental costs.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAI will lose public support unless it's used to 'do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries.'
Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a 'cognitive amplifier,' claims Satya Nadella.
On the supply side, Nadella says that AI companies and policy makers must build out 'a ubiquitous grid of energy and tokens,' which is the task currently making it impossible to buy a stick of RAM at a reasonable price.
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