Microsoft's Tech Chief Talks Artificial Intelligence, Mixed Reality, and Sod Farming

It's about why we should be optimistic about a future that includes AI. The contrarian thing is that I think it's net beneficial even to people in rural parts of the country. I was a poor kid from rural central Virginia--Campbell County, a little town called Gladys. I went back there a year ago for the book. All the industry there evaporated years ago. Tobacco, textiles, furniture manufacturing all went poof. But some interesting things are emerging there now, some of which is powered by AI and advanced automation.