The Optimistic Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence may be one of the technology world's current obsessions, but many people find it scary, envisioning robots taking over the world. Two top experts in the field-- Andrew Ng, a Stanford University adjunct professor and former AI scientist at Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc., and Tong Zhang, executive director of the AI Lab at Tencent Holdings Ltd. --sat down with The Wall Street Journal's global technology editor, Jason Dean, to explain why they believe the opportunities associated with this technology far outweigh the bad. The title of this panel refers to "the singularity," or the idea that artificial intelligence will become so powerful that robots will take over. Andrew, I know you're skeptical of that. What should we be worried about with AI and where are the biggest opportunities?