Is AI a threat or opportunity with Jason Tsao, AI and Area Transformation Lead of Microsoft Greater China Region

For the first episode of this new season on Microsoft, we invited Jason Tsao, AI and Area Transformation Lead of Microsoft Greater China Region. Jason received his Bachelor’s Degree from Duke University in Electrical Engineering and then went on to pursue a Masters in Engineering Management at University of Ottawa. He joined MSFT as a License Executive in Beijing responsible to establish business process for cloud in China and prior to his ATL role, Jason was the M&O lead in Taiwan since FY18 and Chief of Staff of GCR CVP since FY17. In this episode, Jason discussed with us what takes a company to bring AI in, the relationship between AI and human as well as the potential ethical challenges behind AI application. Today, with Jason Tsao, we learn about his past careers and the impact AI has brought to various industries and human life. 

 Show Notes

0:59 Personal experience 

2:39 Day to day life surrounding the topic of AI 

6:17 Case of a shipping company 

7:36 You need a sharing culture to bring AI in 

9:20 You need a culture that encourages failing 

12:25 The need of cooperation with different teams 

13:57 AI has transformed the OCR technology 

15:01 Microsoft research Asia's investment in AI 

18:12 Will AI replace human intelligence 

23:50 AI and creativity 

30:17 Will AI inhibit human interaction 

31:35 Business opportunity behind understanding the user’s emotion sign 

33:54 When will AI be able to represent full human intelligence 

35:15 AI and ethics

40:14 AI for good initiative 

42:06 Advice for AI startups