It sounds like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is already coming up with excuses in case the whole AI boom turns out to be a massive bust— which, by the way, he’s warning might come to pass. Nadella explained the pitfalls the AI industry would need to avoid, perhaps betraying his own anxieties about its future. He gave the example of a pharmaceutical company using AI to accelerate drug trials; it doesn’t need to be used to discover the “magical molecule,” but provide some other tangible, less extraordinary benefit to developing the product. Nadella is adamant that these kinds of boosts that AI provides will justify AI and carry the industry, stressing less spectacular and more practical applications of the tech. More on AI: As Microsoft Stuffs Windows With AI, New Update Prevents Users From Turning Off Their PCs