SHERMAN, Texas (AP) 鈥� 鈥� whose work helped enable artificial intelligence 鈥� stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society has no choice but to change in the advent of AI.
Huang has been optimistic about the technology鈥檚 potential to rapidly change society, creating faster economic growth and more scientific breakthroughs. But as the head of a computer chip company now developing AI systems, Huang has felt obligated to respond to critics who warn of job losses and threats to humanity itself.
鈥淲e need to create new social norms,鈥� Huang said in an interview. 鈥淚 would advocate that everybody use AI. Just go engage it.鈥�
He said the ability of AI to build a website, analyze complex documents, guide advanced research or even plan a kitchen remodeling has helped to close the technological divide in America. People can now do advanced work on computers without having to know how to program or write software, he added.
Huang stressed that there is a need for government regulation and safety standards for AI, emphasizing that national security also needed to be a priority for the technology that has been powering stock market gains and much of the U.S. economy in recent years.
The head of the world鈥檚 most valuable company said society will adapt to AI just as it did to automobiles. He said cars were once portrayed as killing children, but the world changed its norms by having sidewalks and crosswalks and stopping kids from playing in the streets.
鈥淲hen I was growing up, I used to play in the streets,鈥� Huang said. 鈥淲hen cars came along, you obviously can鈥檛 play in the streets now.鈥�
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