Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: How CEOs of some AI companies sent all the wrong message to Americans, hurting everyone

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that some artificial intelligence (AI) companies are damaging public trust around the technology. The chief executive of the software giant thinks that these companies are doing so by promoting negative narratives about AI. He said that companies that are doing this, suggesting that AI will eliminate large numbers of knowledge-worker jobs while simultaneously celebrating the development of such technologies, are sending the wrong message to Americans.

Speaking on a podcast with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Nadella argued that the way some AI leaders have discussed the technology has created scepticism among the public and made it harder for the industry to gain support.