Intelligent agents, augmented reality, and the future of productivity
Tim O'Reilly sits down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for a frank discussion about his vision for Microsoft and how that vision is playing out.
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“I definitely come from the point of view that it’s augmentation—this is the race with the machine. To me, AI is going to happen; it’s technology that’s inevitable. The question is, how do we design in the human-in-the-loop so that the human gets more leverage.”—Satya Nedella, Microsoft CEO
This conversation took place at Next:Economy 2015.
The interview touches on many of the topics we’ll tackle at this year’s Next:Economy Summit. Join us on October 10–11, 2016, as we lay the groundwork for the society we want to build.