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Transforming Business with
Artificial Intelligence
Ralph Kink | Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

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Waves of Innovation
IoT
Harnessing signals from sensors and devices,
managed centrally by the cloud
Edge
Intelligence offloaded from the cloud to IoT
devices
AI
Breakthrough intelligence capabilities, in the cloud
and at the edge
Cloud
Globally available, unlimited compute resources

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Microsoft US-East2 Data Center (Virginia, USA)

Microsoft US-East2 Data Center (Virginia, USA)

Project Natick – Pushing boundaries with underwater datacenters

AnalyticsData Cloud
Democratizing AI

Machine Learning

Sam Harris: https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it
Stephen Hawking: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540
Elon Musk: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/elon-musk-at-sxsw-a-i-is-more-dangerous-than-nuclear-weapons.html
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence

Microsoft AI for Good
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/ai-for-good

Digital Feedback Loop: Enabling Digital Transformation
Data +
intelligence
Optimize
operations
Transform
products
Engage
customers
Empower
employees
Data
Capture digital signal across business
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Insight
Connect and synthesize data
Action
Improve business outcomes

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