Building a culture of pioneering responsibly

As chief operating officer of one of the world's leading artificial intelligence labs, I spend a lot of time thinking about how our technologies impact people's lives – and how we can ensure that our efforts have a positive outcome. This is the focus of my work, and the critical message I bring when I meet world leaders and key figures in our industry. For instance, it was at the forefront of the panel discussion on'Equity Through Technology' that I hosted this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Inspired by the important conversations taking place at Davos on building a greener, fairer, better world, I wanted to share a few reflections on my own journey as a technology leader, along with some insight into how we at DeepMind are approaching the challenge of building technology that truly benefits the global community. In 2000, I took a sabbatical from my job at Intel to visit the orphanage in Lebanon where my father was raised. For two months, I worked to install 20 PCs in the orphanage's first computer lab, and to train the students and teachers to use them.