OPINION: It’s 20 years since I had my one and only fleeting conversation with Bill Gates, at a press conference at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters. I asked the co-founder of the world’s largest software company what he thought the next game-changing technology would be. “Artificial intelligence,” he responded, before explaining how AI would change software, entire industries and the face of society. Two decades later, Gates is one of the richest men in the world and probably the most generous philanthropist ever. AI has indeed been a game changer, in everything from the algorithms dictating what appears in social media news feeds to the software used to detect tumours in mammogram images. READ MORE: The Covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates Climate change policy must recognise different emissions, farming industry says Beijing, the reinvented toilet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates But these days Gates is thinking bigger, … [Read more...] about Bill Gates has a compelling plan for zero carbon
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‘Soul’ VFX Supervisors Michael Fong & Bill Watral Embrace Inner “Adrenaline Junkie,” Pushing Boundaries With Pixar’s Latest Feature
When visual effects supervisor Michael Fong and effects supervisor Bill Watral boarded Soul , they were each a bit intimidated, immediately recognizing the film as one of frighteningly novel ambitions. Meditating on the origins of the human personality, Pixar ’s latest would require them to bring to life characters and worlds unlike any they’d created before. Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, Soul centers on Joe (Jamie Foxx), a frustrated middle-school band teacher who seeks to return to Earth, to realize his dreams of performing as a jazz musician, after a sudden accident separates him from his body. Thrust into a celestial realm known as The Great Before, the character finds that he’ll only be able to get back to New York City if he agrees to mentor a stubborn, fledgling soul named 22 (Tina Fey). Related Story 'Soul' Directors Pete Docter And Kemp Powers On Bringing Authentic Life To Pixar's First Black Lead Character & The Importance Of … [Read more...] about ‘Soul’ VFX Supervisors Michael Fong & Bill Watral Embrace Inner “Adrenaline Junkie,” Pushing Boundaries With Pixar’s Latest Feature