GeekWire October 23, 2024
What’s next for AI, and what are the main technical hurdles to overcome?
That was one of the questions we asked when working on our deep dive into Microsoft’s history and future in artificial intelligence, published last week to launch GeekWire’s series on the company’s 50th anniversary.
Peter Lee, the longtime computer scientist who leads Microsoft Research, gave the question some serious thought and offered three different issues that are on his mind. Listen to highlights from his responses in the third segment of this week’s GeekWire Podcast (below) and continue reading for his comments.
1: Developing AI systems for science that can learn and understand the “languages” of nature, such as the structures of proteins, molecules, and materials, and...