His views contrast with more optimistic predictions from other industry leaders.

Krishna believes this increased efficiency will drive market share gains and fuel the development of new products.

“It’s a tool,” Krishna stated.

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However, Krishna remains skeptical about AI’s potential to drive groundbreaking scientific discoveries or generate entirely new knowledge.

“AI is learning from already-produced knowledge, literature, graphics, and so on,” Krishna explained.

“It is not trying to figure out what is going to come next.”