Microsoft's president says liberal arts majors are necessary for the future of tech - Businessinsider India on Mobile

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Microsoft believes that lessons from a liberal arts education are necessary for the proper development of AI. In 2011, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates told a panel of American governors that a liberal arts education would hold back college graduates in the modern economy . Seven years later, Gates' company is siding with Jobs. Microsoft president Brad Smith and EVP of AI and research Harry Shum wrote in their new book " The Future Computed " that "one of the most important conclusions" of Microsoft's recent research into artificial intelligence is that lessons from liberal arts will be critical to unleashing the full potential of AI . The two executives imagine a world in which our daily lives will be inextricably linked to AI .