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Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO | Lex Fridman Podcast #30

Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft. Before that, he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn. And before that, he oversaw mobile ads engineering at Google.

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Released
August 1, 2019
Duration
57m
Channel
Lex Fridman Podcast
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Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft. Before that, he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn. And before that, he oversaw mobile ads engineering at Google. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep30-sb See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact *OUTLINE:* 0:00 - Introduction 1:17 - Microsoft products 4:20 - Radical markets 8:05 - Andrew Yang and the impact of automation on society 12:18 - Data dignity 16:52 - Evolution of Microsoft mission 20:53 - Augmented and virtual reality 23:08 - AI at Microsoft 26:10 - Machine learning for social networks 33:29 - Face recognition and deepfakes 42:13 - Future of Office 48:01 - Leading large engineering teams 52:45 - Next few decades for computing and technology *PODCAST LINKS:*

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Kevin Scott, Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO | Lex Fridman Podcast #30 explores Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott Envisions Democratic, Ethical, Platform-Powered AI Future Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, discusses Microsoft's evolution as a broad platform company spanning cloud, productivity, hardware, research, gaming, mixed reality, and future platforms like AI and quantum computing.

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