Session Abstract

Hype is a timeline error... again. Almost everything you are being told about AI right now is true. The timeline is a lie. I was in the audience at PDC in Los Angeles in October 2008 when Ray Ozzie announced "Windows Azure". I proceeded to become one of the first experts in a field that was still entirely theoretical, decorated for it sixteen years running, for a war that had not started yet. I was right about the destination. I was badly, expensively wrong about the timeline. There is a new generation of experts, this time in AI, collecting the same medals. I recognise the badge. I wore one exactly like it, and I am going to tell them what happens next, because I already lived it. This keynote puts two hype cycles side by side. What genuinely rhymes, what is genuinely different this time, and what an architect should do about it on Monday morning.

Magnus Mårtensson

Magnus Mårtensson is an entrepreneur, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure since the start of the cloud, and a Microsoft Regional Director (RD). He is a consultant, architect, product development lead, and he runs his own company Loftysoft. As an international speaker Magnus travels the world to teach, network, learn, and experience. His passions include connecting with audiences and organizing conferences such as CloudBurst and GlobalAzure. He is of course also very into good food, wine, and great company. Topping it all is mind-sharing, so when you see him at a conference, come over and say hi!