Robin Li, chief executive officer of Baidu Inc, speaks at a forum on building a community of common future in cyberspace during the 2015 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang Province, Dec 17, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Robin Li, chief executive officer of Baidu Inc, China's largest online search company, said he is betting on the future of artificial intelligence.

Li, whose company has applied artificial intelligence technology to vehicles, said self-driving cars will be quite common on the roads in three to five years.

"More important, cars will be more like a computer on wheels," he said, adding that people are expected to be able to connect with each other through their cars.