Schuler: Gaming companies like Electronic Arts could win in AI
Cameron Schuler · a16z Podcast | Machine Intelligence, from University to Industry · Jan 2, 2019 · at 11:26
Cameron Schuler, Executive Director of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII), discusses which industry sectors possess the right environment and incentives to lead in artificial intelligence.
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“I think the people who could really win at AI are the games companies, the electronic arts and groups like that.”
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