Infosys Chairman Narayana Murthy Feels AI Won¡¯t 'Replace' Humans As It Cannot Set Goals
Murthy, in a conversation with Dr Jagan Mohan Reddy of Symbiosis Institute, Hyderabad stated, "So much has been spoken about AI. We must understand that it is not the ultimate thing. Because no computer can do one thing that a human can do, which is defining a goal,"
Artificial Intelligence is getting smarter every day -- so much so that it is doing tasks much faster and efficiently than humans. This definitely makes it scary for humans who work really hard to learn and lead a successful life, only to be replaced by some computer program.
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However, Infosys co-founder and Chairman Narayana Murthy doesn¡¯t feel something like this is possible. He doesn¡¯t feel that AI can make humans obsolete.
He revealed this at the Future of Learning conference held at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore -- a two-day conference that discussed major innovations in the field of tech -- which also included students from IIT Bombay.
Murthy, in a conversation with Dr Jagan Mohan Reddy of Symbiosis Institute, Hyderabad stated, "So much has been spoken about AI. We must understand that it is not the ultimate thing. Because no computer can do one thing that a human can do, which is defining a goal,"
He also mentioned that humans will continue to be relevant as long as they use their brain to define aspirational goals and find new ways of doing things.
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Murthy also shared his views on the change that needs to come in our education system, specifically pertaining to how students relied on rote learning to pass exams, "I remember asking simple questions to candidates, who'd have just graduated in computer science, but they wouldn't know the answers. They would say that since exam got over a few months ago, they don't remember anything,"
He also commented on former president APJ Abdul Kalam¡¯s statement of India becoming a superpower in 2020, stating, "Kalam was a good man, but in this particular case he was obviously wrong. He was a good friend and I used to tell him that he was just making this statement, but there is no relevance."
