Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Our AI Will Fuel a Better Society #MSIgnite

Just hours before the first US Presidential debate -- on a day when stupidity seemed to be on the top of everyone's mind -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke passionately about artificial intelligence (AI) as a cornerstone of Microsoft's next horizon of innovation. It was a strange juxtaposition of realities: the world as we know it, grounded in the banal and the predictable, versus the world as Nadella envisions it, fueled by AI in every app, every interaction, everywhere. During the second keynote on the opening day of Microsoft's Ignite conference here, Nadella explained how his company is pursuing AI and deep learning to empower every person and every institution "to solve the most pressing problems of our society and our economy." Nadella made his remarks to a packed crowd at Philips Arena, just across the street from the Georgia World Congress Center where the Ignite conference kicked off today. About 23,000 people, primarily IT professionals, are attending the five-day event.