Thomas Kurian, the CEO of Google Cloud, considers generative AI (gen AI) to be a pivotal moment in technology. He views the capabilities of these AI models as transformative and anticipates significant product investments in this area. While Google competes with Microsoft for AI supremacy, Kurian emphasizes Google Cloud’s advantages, including superior infrastructure, platform development, and gen AI capabilities. He mentions that AI pair programmers, such as Google’s Duet, are used to handle tasks like documentation, code review, and code migration, improving efficiency for software engineers rather than replacing them. Kurian sees gen AI as a remarkable advancement in computing with broad implications.