Next challenge for AI is solving humanity's issues

Artificial intelligence has achieved its moon landing moment with some breakthrough applications, but the field now faces a more complex challenge: building the infrastructure to systematically transform how humanity solves problems from disease to climate change, a leading AI researcher said on Saturday.

- HT Correspondent

Artificial intelligence has achieved its moon landing moment with some breakthrough applications, but the field now faces a more complex challenge: building the infrastructure to systematically transform how humanity solves problems from disease to climate change, a leading AI researcher said on Saturday.

The shift from singular achievements to chasing scaled, industrialised discovery marks a critical inflection point as AI moves beyond proving its capabilities to delivering sustained impact across scientific disciplines, Pushmeet Kohli, vice president of science and strategic initiatives at Google DeepMind, said at a session of the 23rd Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

"We have taken a rocket and we have landed on the moon," Kohli said, speaking virtually from London. "But now we need to build a rocket factory and land on all the other important problems that society faces."