01. Jason Pontin, MIT Technology Review, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. We Learned From The Keynote That You Think Of Technology In Centuries. (00:28)
03. How Do You Approach Long Term Trends In Technology. (00:45)
04. You Attacked The Topic Of Using New Technology To Solve Bigger Problems. (02:12)
05. Where Can The Great Effort In Innovation Come From. (04:42)
06. What Came Out Of Apollo. (06:29)
07. What Is Your Take On Mars. (08:29)
08. What Kind Of Problems Do You Think We Can Solve With AI. (10:31)
09. Talk A Bit About Innovators Under 35. (12:24)
10. What About Global Security And Technologies Ability To Solve It. (14:18)
11. What's New With You And What Do We Have To Look Forward To. (16:010)
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AI trends: More tech taking on world’s biggest problems | #IBMedge
by Nelson Williams | Sep 19, 2016
Technology is a strange beast. Everyone is trying to build smaller, faster and quicker, but technology also has the power to transform huge swathes of the human experience. Many companies develop for a niche market, but the world is a big place with big problems. Tiny applets and world-changing technology revolutions come from the same tech community. Who is asking the big questions?
To gain an understanding of big technology trends, Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Stu Miniman (@stu), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, went to the IBM Edge 2016 conference in Las Vegas. There, they spoke to Jason Pontin, CEO, editor in chief and publisher at MIT Technology Review.
Reading the tech future
The discussion started with a view toward predicting the future. Pontin explained that in tech, short-term trends are hard to anticipate, but the long-term trends are more reliable and extremely disruptive. He mentioned how much the world has changed in the last 10 years alone and compared it to the future.
Pontin considered the big questions. How will the world feed the many billions of people of the future? How will they get water and energy? He pointed out how the tech community has been focused on small and specific solutions, but also he felt there was a sort of emotional shift in tech circles. More people want to take on bigger problems.
On the coming of AI
Thinking about what has surprised him in today’s tech landscape, Pontin spoke about Artificial Intelligence (AI). He explained how modern AI comes from an older technology, deep learning, that has been known since the 1960s. Researchers hit a wall then because they didn’t have the computing power of volume of data to make it work. Now, with modern gigantic data files, all sorts of intelligent activity becomes possible.
“The history of AI has always hit moments of frustration, but at the moment it’s probably the most exciting era in computer science in decades,” he said.
RELATED: A cultured cloud: Lessons in HR for mobile markets | #OOW
The conversation also touched on security. Pontin recalled that no one would take Internet security seriously until they had a Pearl Harbor moment. The Stuxnet virus was that moment. At the same time, there have been a number of really embarrassing leaks. Pontin thought that in the end, Internet security depends on everyone using the tools available.
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Jason Pontin, MIT Technology Review - #IBMEdge - #theCUBE
01. Jason Pontin, MIT Technology Review, Visits #theCUBE!. (00:20)
02. We Learned From The Keynote That You Think Of Technology In Centuries. (00:28)
03. How Do You Approach Long Term Trends In Technology. (00:45)
04. You Attacked The Topic Of Using New Technology To Solve Bigger Problems. (02:12)
05. Where Can The Great Effort In Innovation Come From. (04:42)
06. What Came Out Of Apollo. (06:29)
07. What Is Your Take On Mars. (08:29)
08. What Kind Of Problems Do You Think We Can Solve With AI. (10:31)
09. Talk A Bit About Innovators Under 35. (12:24)
10. What About Global Security And Technologies Ability To Solve It. (14:18)
11. What's New With You And What Do We Have To Look Forward To. (16:010)
Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com.
--- ---
AI trends: More tech taking on world’s biggest problems | #IBMedge
by Nelson Williams | Sep 19, 2016
Technology is a strange beast. Everyone is trying to build smaller, faster and quicker, but technology also has the power to transform huge swathes of the human experience. Many companies develop for a niche market, but the world is a big place with big problems. Tiny applets and world-changing technology revolutions come from the same tech community. Who is asking the big questions?
To gain an understanding of big technology trends, Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Stu Miniman (@stu), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, went to the IBM Edge 2016 conference in Las Vegas. There, they spoke to Jason Pontin, CEO, editor in chief and publisher at MIT Technology Review.
Reading the tech future
The discussion started with a view toward predicting the future. Pontin explained that in tech, short-term trends are hard to anticipate, but the long-term trends are more reliable and extremely disruptive. He mentioned how much the world has changed in the last 10 years alone and compared it to the future.
Pontin considered the big questions. How will the world feed the many billions of people of the future? How will they get water and energy? He pointed out how the tech community has been focused on small and specific solutions, but also he felt there was a sort of emotional shift in tech circles. More people want to take on bigger problems.
On the coming of AI
Thinking about what has surprised him in today’s tech landscape, Pontin spoke about Artificial Intelligence (AI). He explained how modern AI comes from an older technology, deep learning, that has been known since the 1960s. Researchers hit a wall then because they didn’t have the computing power of volume of data to make it work. Now, with modern gigantic data files, all sorts of intelligent activity becomes possible.
“The history of AI has always hit moments of frustration, but at the moment it’s probably the most exciting era in computer science in decades,” he said.
RELATED: A cultured cloud: Lessons in HR for mobile markets | #OOW
The conversation also touched on security. Pontin recalled that no one would take Internet security seriously until they had a Pearl Harbor moment. The Stuxnet virus was that moment. At the same time, there have been a number of really embarrassing leaks. Pontin thought that in the end, Internet security depends on everyone using the tools available.
