Underneath all the AI hype is the likelihood it threatens the poor, says this former Microsoft and Google exec
“Artificial intelligence will widen the chasm that already separates the rich and the poor, warns a former Microsoft and Google executive. The comments, made by Kai-Fu Lee during a panel discussion at the Artificial Intelligence 2018 Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, weren’t well received. Of course not. The conference is partly a celebration of AI. The atmosphere among the many researchers and engineers who attended was one of back patting and self congratulations. And who can blame them? Through their efforts, the use of AI is beginning to change industry, and it’s only a matter of time, say many experts, before AI will begin to transform the rest of society.”