Google CEO Sundar Pichai says AI is more profound than electricity and fire

Make no mistake about how seriously Google is taking artificial intelligence. "AI is one of the most important things that humanity is working on. It's more profound than, I don't know, electricity or fire," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Friday as part of a new show hosted by MSNBC's Ari Melber and Recode's Kara Swisher. "Fire's pretty good," Swisher said. "But it kills people, too. They learn to harness fire for the benefits of humanity, but we have to overcome its downsides, too," he said.