Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer on how AI will transform society | Pioneers of AI
About Eric
- Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft; leads AI strategy, science, and societal impact
- Won Feigenbaum Prize and Allen Newell Award for AI breakthroughs under uncertainty
- Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering & American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Advises U.S. President via PCAST; serves on NIH AI working group
- MD and PhD from Stanford; Fellow of ACM, AAAI, and ACMI
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Integrating AI into human society means balancing so many uncertainties. The questions we ask as we develop the AI tools of today will shape the reality of tomorrow. As Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, Eric Horvitz takes this responsibility to heart. He joins Pioneers of AI as a longtime colleague of host Rana el Kabliouby in the AI space, to talk about the principles that guide him and his team as they steer breathtaking innovation. He explores AI’s circles of influence, and how humans can flourish alongside it.
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