This past year has been humbling for all of us. What I hope we have learned is this: All of us have to do our part – we have more in common with each other than we think.
Robin Roberts Co-Anchor, “Good Morning America,” ABC; President, Rock’n Robin Productions
None of us can do everything, but we can all do something. If each of us does one thing – it can be a small thing – we will improve the state of the world. We can all have a heart of service. The question is: What is the one thing we can do today to make things a little bit better?
Marc Benioff Chair and CEO, Salesforce
When research wins, we all win. Every single day, there is someone living with a disease who needs our help, whether it’s Batten disease or Type 1 diabetes. The work that we’re helping to inspire, and to celebrate, with the Lorraine Cross Award is an absolute game changer.
Micah Aberson Executive Vice President, Sanford Health
David C. Rhew, MD Chief Medical Officer and VP of Healthcare, Worldwide Commercial Business, Microsoft The pandemic has shown us how closely interconnected we all are. Today, we live in a divided world, but the virus doesn’t care. Infections can travel from one group to the other, from one region to the other. There are no boundaries.
There was sense that AI would turn us all into robots and make our world too mechanical. But the opposite is true: New technologies and AI actually complement what we do every day and pave the way for more human interactions. It’s really about people – plus technology – doing the right thing. AI makes us all more efficient, more effective and, actually, more human.
Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD Former Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The abilities we give our machines are only a reflection of who we are. We give a machine thoughtful words, but it does not comprehend. We give it life-like appearance, but we do not give it life. Will we someday be able to engineer such gifts? To engineer an ability, we first must fully understand it. Are these mysteries fully knowable by us? I think that they are fully known – not by us, but by the One who fully knows us. And I think, someday, we can know as we are known. But today, we see dimly, and in that light, we build an impoverished image. Such efforts to build do help us see more clearly, and they have value in improving human lives, however, they do not replace us. A machine does not replace its maker, although it can be used to do wonderful things.
Rosalind Picard, ScD Professor, MIT Media Lab; Chief Scientist and Chairman, Empatica
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