The future of AI
Summary
Artificial intelligence is booming. Nature spoke to six leading figures driving AI — Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI), Pushmeet Kohli (Google DeepMind), Timnit Gebru (DAIR), Jared Kaplan (Anthropic), Anima Anandkumar (Caltech) and Amandeep Gill (United Nations) — in a short video series about the technology’s biggest opportunities, risks and where it will be adopted next. The interviews tackle themes such as scientific advances, ethics, safety, regulation, labour impacts and global governance. The piece is part of Nature Outlook: Robotics and artificial intelligence and is produced with support from the FII Institute; Nature retains editorial control.
Key Points
- Six prominent AI leaders outline ambitions and anxieties about the next phase of AI development.
- Recurring themes: safety, ethics, equitable access, regulation and the technology’s impact on science and jobs.
- Perspectives span industry, academia and international policy — giving a rounded view of priorities and tensions.
- Examples discussed include AI tools for science (such as AlphaFold), concerns about fairness and bias, and the need for global cooperation to prevent misuse.
- The series is video-led, offering concise, direct answers from people shaping AI products and policy.
Why should I read this?
If you care about AI — building it, regulating it or just trying to keep up — this is a quick, useful way to hear what the people actually steering the field think. Short videos, sharp takes, and an easy route into the big debates on safety, fairness, jobs and global rules. Saves you time and gives the straight-up view.
Author style
Punchy — clear voices and clear stakes. If AI policy or product direction matters to you, the interviews are worth watching for the detail.