039: Emerging Trends Pt 2/3: DRONES, AI & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION w/ Analyse Asia's Bernard Leong

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the first episode of this 3 part series, we did a role reversal, where I switched from being the host - to being the guest to share my views on the latest trends, opportunities and risks related to Smart Cities and 5G. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this episode, it’s back to normal - I’ll be interviewing Analyse Asia’s Bernard Leong to get his take on the future of drones, the latest developments around AI and Machine Learning, and what digital transformation trends evolved due to the pandemic. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 Bernard hasn’t been on a podcast in two years, including his own Analyse Asia podcast. What has he been up to in the meantime?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:30 How has the pandemic impacted the future of drones? Are you more or less optimistic?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">09:15 What are the latest trends we need to know about in AI and Machine Learning?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How Machine Learning works</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- What’s real and what’s hype?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Artificial General Intelligence vs Artificial Narrow Intelligence</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">21:00 AI’s Ethics Dilemma - how do we overcome privacy concerns, the data bias problem, etc. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">27:45 What are the COOL emerging solutions that are leveraging AI?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">32:00 The pandemic has fast-tracked everyone’s digital transformation agendas - what are the key trends (e.g. eKYC) that we need to know about?</span></p> <p> </p>