Oren Etzioni CEO of The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Summary: Among other topics, Oren discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:<br> <br> * High impact Artificial Intelligence research and engineering at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence<br> * Some promising future outcomes of developments within the artificial intelligence field<br> * Why equating intelligence with autonomy is inaccurate<br> * His perspectives on the dangers of artificial intelligence that have been expressed by major technology leaders<br> * Job displacement and the role of government in ensuring an easier transition<br> * Methods he uses to stay current on upcoming technology trends<br> * The role Paul Allen plays in the day to day operations<br> * Partner organizations and the benefits of those partnerships<br> * The people who most influenced him to become a serial entrepreneur<br> * The significance of Alpha Go defeating the human international champion of Go<br> * Advice on the use of artificial intelligence for enterprises considering the use of AI<br> <br> Oren Etzioni’s Biography<br> Oren is the Chief Executive Officer of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a role he has had since 2014.  The mission of the Institute is “to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering.” The goal of Oren’s research is to solve fundamental problems in AI, particularly the automatic learning of knowledge from text.<br> Oren has been a professor at the University of Washington’s Computer Science Department since 1991, and has also been the founder or co-founder of multiple companies, including Farecast which was sold to Microsoft in 2008, and Decide, which was sold to eBay in 2013, among others.<br> Oren received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harvard and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.<br>