Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees the end of computers as physical devices
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees the end of computers as physical devices

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San Francisco: Forget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand. “Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away,” Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai wrote on Thursday in a letter to shareholders of parent Alphabet Inc. “Over time, the computer itself—whatever its form factor—will be an intelligent assistant helping you through your day.” Instead of online information and activity happening mostly on the rectangular touch screens of smartphones, Pichai sees artificial intelligence powering increasingly formless computers. Pichai was, in part, talking his own playbook because Google has been working on AI and related technology such as machine learning for years and this advanced software already powers web services and apps such as Google Photos and Google Translate. When asked last year whether it will be a head-worn device near the eyes, Rony Abovitz, the company’s CEO, said he saw computing as being a kind of presence all around humans in the future. Pichai has risen to the top role at Google in recent years, taking over from co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, so his views shape the strategic direction of the Internet search giant.

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