Aside from taking the world by storm, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has caused some people to worry about losing their jobs to the newfangled technology. Moreover, AI has sparked a fear of the unknown among several people.
Now, Google Bard product lead Jack Krawczyk has addressed these fears. “I think it’s natural to fear things that we don’t have a deep understanding of,” the top executive noted during an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital at Google’s New York City office.
Krawczyk also pointed out that Google has “appreciated” this public apprehension in the development of its own AI interface. According to the top executive, the search giant has taken “bold and responsible” steps in a bid to make sure people are familiar with what this new technology has to offer.
“We’ve transformed the truth of computing. It used to be computers just did things for you… Now we’re moving into a world where computers do things with you,” he explained.
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He further clarified that AI is not a replacement for people. On the contrary, the technology is designed to accelerate people’s creativity. Also, Krawczyk said AI is “producing really amazing outcomes”.
This aligns with a statement made by Turing Prize winner Professor Yann LeCun, who is also considered one of the “Godfathers of AI”. LeCun believes it would potentially take “decades” for the development of AI to reach a human level of intelligence.
Mentioning job hunting as an example, Krawczyk said AI can come in handy for finding open positions and preparing people for interviews based on the job descriptions.