Why Baidu Is a Better AI Stock Than Google The Motley Fool

Unlike tech pundits who issue bleak warnings about AI, Baidu's founder and CEO Robin Li is a self-described "optimist" in regards to AI technologies. Last October, Li told the South China Morning Post that AI "will not destroy human beings but will give people eternal life," since "everything every person has said and done, even people's memories, emotions and consciousness" can be stored on the cloud. Li claims that accumulating all that data would enable machines to "learn people's way of thinking" and allow generations to communicate "across time and space" to solve problems. Li also doesn't seem concerned about privacy issues. At the China Development Forum in early 2018, Li predicted that most Chinese citizens would be willing to "exchange privacy for safety, convenience, or efficiency."