Davos: Microsoft Chief Says 'Golden Age Of Artificial Intelligence Underway'

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said that now is the beginning of the golden age of artificial intelligence.

In a session with Klaus Schwab, Founder and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Nadella said a golden age of artificial intelligence is underway and will redefine work as we know it - according to a statement on the WEF website on Wednesday.

Nadella stated that the chatBot, ChatGPT, for example, currently captures the imagination of the world, as the new artificial intelligence site mobilized one million users in just five days after its recent launch, and that the program is only one of dozens of applications supported by artificial intelligence that will change human productivity and the future of work.

He added that the future of work is not just about technology and tools, but rather about new management practices and workplace sensitivities, noting that "technology will provide more and more ways to bring people together, and that cooperation between the public and private sectors itself is moving to work online."

He noted that the Forum's Global Cooperation Village, for example, harnesses the power of Metaverse as a platform for collaborative, inclusive and effective international action.

"Microsoft is opening up access to new AI tools like ChatGPT," Nadella said. "I see these technologies as co-pilots and help people do more with less."

"Artificial intelligence is in its infancy and the opportunities in the short and long term are huge," Nadella explained.

He added that Microsoft intends to lead quantum computing as the company owns all the building blocks for the next generation of quantum computers, saying "Microsoft will achieve quantum supremacy and aim to build a general-purpose quantum computer."

Nadella said, "Safety and security must be built into the design phase."

"By 2050, Microsoft aims to be not only carbon neutral, but also carbon neutral," he concluded.

 Last year, the tech giant released Cloud for Sustainability, which brings together a growing set of ESG capabilities across Microsoft's cloud portfolio as well as solutions from the company's global ecosystem.