Ruth Porat, Google’s president and chief investment officer, struck an optimistic note about the future of artificial intelligence at the Fortune Global Forum, telling an audience in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that “we are all privileged to live at this time in history” because of the opportunity AI presents—a revolution she described as “so much more than a chatbot.”
Speaking alongside Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Falih, and Barclays Group CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan, Porat painted a sweeping vision of AI’s economic, social, and scientific potential, highlighting how many Nobel prize-winners she is fortunate to work alongside at Alphabet. She framed artificial intelligence not merely as a technological advance, but as a transformative force capable of reshaping entire industries, powering economic growth, and driving human progress at an unprecedented pace.
