Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees the world moving from a mobile first to artificial intelligence first - Liam Tung, ZD Net

Never mind the world's shrinking smartphone market, Google CEO Sundar Pichai foresees a time when devices will completely vanish, to be replaced by omnipresent artificial intelligence. Machine learning, task automation and robotics are already widely used in business. These and other AI technologies are about to multiply, and we look at how organizations can best take advantage of them. "Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the 'device' to fade away," Pichai said in his first letter to shareholders on Thursday. "Over time, the computer itself, whatever its form factor, will be an intelligent assistant helping you through your day. We will move from mobile-first to an AI-first world," he continued. http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-ceo-pichai-says-devices-will-fade-away-but-launches-new-hardware-division/