{"id":117131,"date":"2020-08-24T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=438813"},"modified":"2020-08-24T15:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:55:37","slug":"humans-and-ai-new-series-features-people-innovating-to-create-a-better-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/24\/humans-and-ai-new-series-features-people-innovating-to-create-a-better-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans and AI: New series features people innovating to create a better world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container responsive-youtube oembed-container\">\n<p id=\"ariaLabel_5f44870e188a4\" class=\"screen-reader-text\">YouTube Video<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"cookie-consent-btn cookie-consent-btn--image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/humans-and-ai-new-series-features-people-innovating-to-create-a-better-world.jpg\"><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Behind each technological innovation, there is a person with a dream that they are determined to bring to fruition. Today we are excited to launch a new community and series that tells the stories of incredible heroes from all walks of life who are innovating to help solve some of society\u2019s biggest challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Their stories shine a light on discovering what is possible when big hearts, inspirational ideas and innovative technologies converge. We know that technology doesn\u2019t change the world, people do. AI is a game-changing tool that enables people and organizations to solve complex social, health and environmental challenges. With the growing accessibility of AI, we\u2019re seeing this in <span class=\"emdash-wrap\">action\u2014humans<\/span> accelerating meaningful innovation to improve lives and benefit the planet. These are stories of hope and human empowerment.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet our AI heroes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/humans-and-ai-new-series-features-people-innovating-to-create-a-better-world-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of four individuals who are featured in a new Humans and AI website\"><\/p>\n<p>Our first four stories are dedicated to people who are innovating to fight COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ai\/humans-and-ai\">Visit the site<\/a> to see how they are using AI to combat the virus on multiple fronts, then chat with them live on Sept. 15 during a LinkedIn Live event, followed by a #MicrosoftAIChat on Twitter. They are, from left to right in the image above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meet Hadas Bitran: <\/strong>When COVID-19 ravaged the world, she saw a great need to help frontline healthcare workers by developing a COVID-19 self-assessment bot that enables people to check their symptoms before going to a medical appointment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet Dr. Greg Bowman: <\/strong>When COVID-19 started, his lab decided to use their army of citizen scientists and Microsoft AI to advance research and accelerate potential treatments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet Kelvin Summoogum: <\/strong>He founded MiiCare, a digital companion for the elderly that helps them live safely and independently.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet Alice Piterova:<\/strong> In the time of COVID-19, she and her cohort at AI for Good UK created an AI model that simulates the spread of COVID-19 in refugee camps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Here\u2019s how you can be a part of the conversation on Sept. 15:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn Live at 8:15 am PT:<\/strong> Influencer and futurist Bernard Marr will be joined by the first four individuals featured in the Humans and AI series. Tune in live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bernardmarr\/\">Marr\u2019s LinkedIn page<\/a> for the live video to ask questions and meet these inspirational individuals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter chat at 9 am PT:<\/strong> The conversation continues on Twitter with the #MicrosoftAIChat hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernardMarr\">Marr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hadasbitran?s=20\">Bitran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drGregBowman\">Bowman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImpactAlice\">Piterova<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miiCAREuk\">Summoogum<\/a>. This Twitter chat will discuss #HumansAndAI and will be a forum for anyone to meet our team and share ideas on how technology can be applied to challenges and problems we collectively face as a united global community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to join the Twitter Chat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Never participated in a Twitter chat? Welcome! We\u2019ll ask the following five questions starting at 9 am PT on Sept. 15. Anyone can join in by sharing and answering:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you could launch an AI startup, what would it be? And \u201c@\u201d tag anyone you want to partner with in your reply.<\/li>\n<li>What problem or societal challenge drives your innovation?<\/li>\n<li>Why is AI a potential tool for solving societal challenges?<\/li>\n<li>What is the most inspiring use of AI you have seen?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know an incredible #HumansAndAI leader or do you have a story to share?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can share the questions with your community or answer by quote retweeting the tweets and adding your answer + tagging the tweet with #MicrosoftAI and #HumansandAI. To follow the conversation once we get started on Twitter, just type #MicrosoftAI #HumansandAI into the search bar, or click <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23humansofAI%20%23microsoftAI&amp;src=typed_query\">this link<\/a> to find the chat on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Video Behind each technological innovation, there is a person with a dream that they are determined to bring to fruition. Today we are excited to launch a new community and series that tells the stories of incredible heroes from all walks of life who are innovating to help solve some of society\u2019s biggest challenges. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[135,50],"class_list":["post-117131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}