{"id":1516,"date":"2017-01-21T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artificialbrain.xyz\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2017-06-02T23:29:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:29:42","slug":"dr-harry-shum-on-the-future-of-ai-at-the-2017-future-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/dr-harry-shum-on-the-future-of-ai-at-the-2017-future-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Harry Shum on the future of AI at the 2017 Future Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Before computers can solve our greatest challenges, they must understand us. How can we make the leap from computers that perceive and identify objects or just words to a future where they comprehend and interpret the larger context of our world?\u00a0How will the task-oriented bots of today evolve to agents that connect with us emotionally and improve our lives and our society?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Artificial Intelligence will be the pivotal technology \u2013 Ray Kurzweil<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q35RA_nTipU\" width=\"760\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Dr. Harry Shum, Executive Vice President, Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research, addresses these questions while discussing the company\u2019s latest advances in applying deep neural networks to accelerate AI capabilities like computer vision and speech.\u00a0He shares Microsoft\u2019s groundbreaking work with chatbots that combine IQ with EQ, and Microsoft\u2019s vision for AI as a world-changing force for good.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1517\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" src=\"http:\/\/artificialbrain.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"Executive vice president Harry Shum shows president Xi Jinping Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens\" width=\"760\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dr.-Harry-Shum-AI-at-the-2017.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Executive vice president Harry Shum shows president Xi Jinping Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Dr.Heung-Yeung (Harry) Shum is Executive Vice President of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research group at Microsoft Corporation. He is responsible for driving the company\u2019s overall Artificial Intelligence strategy and forward-looking research and development efforts spanning infrastructure, services, apps and agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Shum was born in China in 1967. He grew up in Shanghai and he graduated with a BS from Southeast University in China, MS from Hong Kong. Shum came to the United States in 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before computers can solve our greatest challenges, they must understand us. 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