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Best of: Creating and using AI responsibly with Ashley Llorens

 
Ashley Llorens serves as Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director at Microsoft Research Outreach. He was also nominated by the White House to serve on the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.

Ashley Llorens serves as Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director at Microsoft Research Outreach. He was also nominated by the White House to serve on the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. Photo courtesy the Center for a New American Security

From studying engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to a music career that had him touring the U.S., Japan, and Europe to now being a vice president at Microsoft — Ashley Llorens contains multitudes. This week he’s the keynote speaker at the Coordinated Science Laboratory Student Conference in Urbana.

He joined The 21st to talk about his expertise in AI, as well as the benefits and risks of a future with smarter machines.

This segment originally aired February 22, 2022.

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Ashley Llorens

Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director, Microsoft Research Outreach

 

 

 

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