
IBM Chief Scientist Ruchir Puri makes the case for useful artificial intelligence | IBM
The quest to create human-like thinking machines—AI systems that can reason, adapt and tackle a broad range of challenges—is dominating headlines and reshaping tech agendas. But Ruchir Puri, IBM Research’s Chief Scientist, is pushing for a different kind of breakthrough: AI that earns its keep by being useful now, not some hypothetical date in the future.