Artificial Intelligence on the menu as Nokia chairman goes back to school

HELSINKI: He runs a company that is a byword for technological innovation -- but Nokia's chairman had no qualms about going back to school to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI). Risto Siilasmaa, 51, said he signed up this summer for online courses on AI programming run by Stanford University. "I realized that I don't have deep enough knowledge on this phenomenon... Now I'm back studying programming after 30 years," he told Reuters on Friday by email. "I do not want to become an AI programmer. I want to deeply understand the abilities and limitations of AI." Since starting the courses, Siilasmaa said he had briefed the Finnish telecom infrastructure firm's board and managers on the subject.