In this virtual briefing, WIRED editor Greg Williams and Kate Kallot, the director of AI ecosystems from the Machine Learning Group at Arm, investigate the nature of the AI ecosystem - its growth, the opportunities and the difference between localised responses to the coronavirus pandemic across the world.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, advances in AI have evolved at a rapid pace, which has forced organisations and governing bodies on a global scale to work together to use technology to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges.
"This pandemic has given us an opportunity to go and figure out ways to apply our technology for the greater good. You have research companies in the US and in the UK that have worked on sequencing the first Covid genome – and they did that based on AI," Kallot, whose work focuses on the creation of disruptive AI applications, says in the interview.
"In emerging markets such as Africa, engineers from the Polytechnic School in Senegal have worked on building a robot to lessen the load on healthcare workers."
Kallot goes on to explain that the essence of how we use the AI technology we're building is changing. Creators are now harnessing it to drive future innovations such as autonomous cars and AI-powered robots, and they are exploring how the same technology can be applied to help us fight pandemics.
"It's not in terms of new technologies that are going to come to market, it's actually in terms of how existing and future technologies are going to be able to be applied to solve the world's most pressing challenges," says Kallot when asked what this ecosystem will look like in three to five years.
"If we could use AI and data science to predict likeliness of floods in Malawi and help prevent millions of people of being displaced, can we use AI to solve even more complex problems?"
Hear more about the future of the AI ecosystem by watching the full discussion above or on YouTube here.
Kallot is the director of AI ecosystems for the Machine Learning Group at Arm. In this role she works closely with partners and influencers to create disruptive AI applications on Arm-based technologies. She has a special interest in Tech for Good and a strong belief in the power of AI to drive social change.
She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including the CES ‘Best of Innovation Award’ and the China AI Industry Innovation Alliance ‘Most Remarkable Product Award’ in 2018.
Kallot holds a BA and MBA from EFAP, International School of Marketing, Paris.
Designed as an extension of WIRED’s long-running live conference portfolio, WIRED virtual briefings are punchy, deliberate and engaging sessions that reflect the same high calibre of speakers and programming featured at a WIRED event. Part of the WIRED Foresight series, curated by WIRED editor, Greg Williams.
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