Al Olama: In five years, AI will bring order-of-magnitude quality-of-life gains
HE Omar Sultan Al Olama · The Case for Youth in Politics | HE Omar Sultan Al Olama (One of the World's Youngest Ministers) · Nikhil Kamath · Jan 11, 2026 · at 1:25:02
UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar Sultan Al Olama speaks with Nikhil Kamath about his 5-year outlook on the societal adoption and impact of AI.
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“Tomorrow or five years from now, the answer to me is I think Technology is going to be pervasive. It's going to be completely invisible. It's going to be everywhere, but it's not going to be in our faces. We will see certain elements of it. So we are going to see robots. We are going to see autonomous vehicles. We are going to see certain places where technology is going to be a bit more prevalent, but the same way that electricity today runs through many things and nearly everything in our lives. Whether it's in our devices, whether it's in our lighting, whether it's in the way we cook our food, or, you know, we manage our affairs. I think AI is going to be everywhere. And with that level of intelligence, we will be able to, you know, outsource many decisions. I don't know if that's a positive thing, but many decisions are going to be outsourced to the machines. And the quality of life improvement will be an order of magnitude improvement compared to the lives we live today.”
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