Google boss: AI takeover is inevitable

Google’s Chairman has admitted that artificial intelligence (AI) will put human jobs at risk, but says it’s for the good of the human race.

The Chairman of Alphabet Inc, Google’s parent company, Eric Schmidt, spoke about the rise of AI during a trip to South Korea to watch Google’s newest algorithm technology at work. 

The former computer scientist said that as AI technology develops, routine based human jobs will be the first to go.

“There’s no question that as AI becomes more pervasive, people doing routine, repetitive tasks will be at risk,” Schmidt says.