Insight '18 has concluded, but it's not too late to see what Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and other tech luminaries said about the future of AI. In case you missed it, Micron is making two major donations to foster the development of AI.
Scroll below to see the top tweets from @MicronTech and guests who attended the event, and be sure to visit theCube for exclusive video from Insight '18.
An exclusive clip from keynote speaker Max Tegmark of MIT:
From our panel discussion on AI in cars:
Industry insight panel happening now with @BMW’s Simon Euringer and @Visteon’s Vijay Nadkarni. @techonomy @DavidKirkpatric #MicronInsight18 pic.twitter.com/Kb6cwF3w7s
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
"We need the youth of today to be excited and energized about AI and engineering..."
“We need the youth of today to be excited and energized about AI and engineering, which is why I’m excite to announce our next grant recipient AI4All.” - Micron VP Linda Somerville presenting to @tessposner of @ai4allorg at #MicronInsight18 pic.twitter.com/8SbvyDZOtC
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
Big thanks to @MicronTech for their recent grant for our AI summer education programs for underrepresented high schoolers! Read more here: https://t.co/JAohrnzpt2 #MicronInsight18
— AI4ALL (@ai4allorg) October 10, 2018
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How do engineers use #AI to keep cats out of their backyard? Watch our Facebook story (https://t.co/BxU0XIYkwr) for the answer. 🐈 @nvidia @Qualcomm @techonomy @DavidKirkpatric #MicronInsight18
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
Insight '18 panelists are discussing the opportunities for AI in the consumer and commercial sectors.
Panel happening now at #MicronInsight18 with @Verily’s Tom Stanis, @Qualcomm’s Keith Kressin, and @nvidia’s Premal Savla where moderator @DavidKirkpatric from @techonomy just asked if they’d be working together more in the future. pic.twitter.com/iP9iaI7vcK
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
See more of the discussion on our Facebook page:
And speaking of Facebook...
Will AI be the magic bullet to solve Facebook’s problems? #MicronInsight18 https://t.co/RKwUZMicZ5
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
We're also accelerating innovation.
BIG news as our EVP/CBO Sumit Sadana just announced a new $100M venture fund for tech startups focusing on startups led by women and other underrepresented groups. #MicronInsight18
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
For more information, please read the press release here.
Wow. @MicronTech just announced $100 m USD for #AI / machine learning start ups. Higher focus for companies with gender diverse leadership #MicronInsight18 pic.twitter.com/k2K9hWaG8N
— Dwight Witherspoon (@ddwitherspoon) October 10, 2018
The future of AI is also the future of medicine.
Keynote address from Micron’s Sumit Sadana discussing #AI in #healthcare: “Medicine as it is today is very reactive... the future of medicine is very personalized, preventative, and full of transformational change.” #MicronInsight18 pic.twitter.com/KO5W8TbFlK
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
“I can’t help but think that within all that data there’s a cure for ALS. A cure for Parkinson’s. That’s why Micron is so focused on analyzing that data, so we can enrich life.” -Micron’s Steve Pawlowski #MicronInsight18
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
Our Industry Insight speakers are weighing in on the future of AI.
Taking the stage now at #MicronInsight18 is @Microsoft VP Lili Cheng. “Everybody participates in #AI, not just companies who got a head start.” pic.twitter.com/50W8AUpnj5
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
“You can’t engage with and delight your customers unless you look and sound like them.” -Amazon VP Prem Natarajan discussing #Alexa and the future of natural language understanding at #MicronInsight18
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
@PremNatarajan says we are simply shifting the cognitive workload to #Alexa from our brain. #microninsight18
— Dave Reinsel, IDC (@DavesBytes) October 10, 2018
What are some of our guests saying?
Happy to be here at #microninsight18!
— KARINA MENDOZA (@KarinaSFONYC) October 10, 2018
Opening remarks by Sanjay Mehrotra @MicronTech Pres. & CEO: "If cpu is the brain the memory and storage is the heart to realize the potential of AI"#ai #memory #dram #intelligence #technology #emergingtechnology pic.twitter.com/F4Ycx2EK84
Getting my #AI on at #MicronInsight18 🔥
— Antonio Altamirano (@antonio) October 10, 2018
Chiefs of @amazon @MIT @Qualcomm @nvidia @Visteon @Microsoft and @MicronTech talking about the future of AI
Feels very similar to my days at Sun Microsystems but with faster chips and endless storage
Listening Micron Grant recipients discuss #AI initiatives. Stanford and Berkeley. One looking at defining biomarkers that identify suicidal patterns, the other focused more on ethics. #microninsight18
— Dave Reinsel, IDC (@DavesBytes) October 10, 2018
@MicronGives has a special announcement:
Proud to announce the Micron Foundation Advancing Curiosity fund; $1M to support nonprofits and research institutions focused on safety, security, and privacy in AI. #MicronInsight18
— MicronGives (@MicronGives) October 10, 2018
CEO Sanjay Mehrotra presenting $1M Advancing Curiosity grant to fund #AI initiatives by @Stanford and @UCBerkeley at #MicronInsight18 pic.twitter.com/I1pIHPC9uv
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
For more information, please read the press release here.
Insight '18 is live!
Micron CEO kicking off inaugural #MicronInsight18 with keynote address https://t.co/A6uogJpF76
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 10, 2018
Insight '18 begins at 1 p.m. PST, but you don't have to wait: theCube is hosting a pre-event webcast that you can watch now.
Before we get started, check out these tweets about some of our guest speakers:
We're honored to welcome Global Head of @Visteon AI and AR Vijay Nadkarni as a featured speaker for #MicronInsight18 Oct. 10th. Watch his presentation on the Visteon Corporation Panel at @tiesv Inflect 2018 on emerging tech below. https://t.co/MKMx11Xrrp
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 2, 2018
Is the race to vehicle autonomy making us less safe? Read below for @BMW VP and featured #MicronInsight18 speaker Simon Euringer's take and why he says autonomy is just an engineering problem. https://t.co/hl6VwkUhrl
— MicronTech (@MicronTech) October 9, 2018
Be sure to visit our website for ongoing coverage of Insight '18, featuring exclusive videos and more in the days following the event.
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