According to a previous report, Google AI will process unemployment claims in Nevada. In the latest news, Google CEO Sundar Pichai shares his thoughts on the possibility of AI replacing entry-level programmers. According to the CEO, it’s not the most likely scenario. Sundar Pichai has launched the 2024-25 President’s Lecture Series at Carnegie Mellon.
He traveled to Carnegie Mellon University to tour research labs, talk with faculty and students about emerging technologies, and officially inaugurate the first President’s Lecture Series event of the new academic year. The company has already taken steps towards transparency in the Gen AI era.
Google’s CEO believes even entry-level programmers can view AI as a collaborative tool
According to Google’s CEO, AI should be viewed more as a collaborative tool instead of something to compete against. Upon being asked by students whether AI would replace entry-level programmers, Pichai started out by stating that “there’s a version of this question which can be asked across many disciplines.”
He added that “the most likely scenario in all of these things is, it will help people. It’ll both help existing programmers do their jobs, where most of their energy and time is going into, you know, higher aspects of the task. Rather than you know fixing a bug over and over again or something like that, right.”
The CEO says that he has already experienced the efficiency gains at Google. Citing the AI-powered code editor Cursor AI, he said, “It is just lowering the barriers for who can program, right, like how can you, more, in a natural language medium, interact. So, programming becomes more like a creative tool. I think that’s gonna enable and make it accessible to more people.”
For those unfamiliar, Cursor AI is an AI-powered code editor that helps developers write better code more efficiently. It offers a variety of features to help with coding, including intelligent code suggestions, code generation, and bug identification. There is a free Hobby tier, a Pro tier for $20 per month, and a Business tier for $40 per user per month.
Google is also prioritizing the use of clean energy for AI development
He not didn’t only talk about his views on the use of AI but also about the role of clean energy in its development. It involves powering massive data centers. He acknowledged the growing interest in small modular reactors (SMRs) for nuclear energy. Capital investment was reportedly flowing into developing alternate energy sources to cleanly power computing facilities.
He joined Google in 2004 and helped lead the development of Google Toolbar. Later he led the development of Google Chrome, which would become the world’s most popular internet browser. Back in August 2015, he became the CEO of Google, and in December 2019, the CEO of Alphabet.