Microsoft Research managing director Eric Horvitz talks AI and ‘Hyperlanes’

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Published onNovember 2, 2015

published onNovember 2, 2015

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While some may be waiting for a more traditional announcement or keynote from Microsoft regarding its future in ‘the car’, the company has its eye set on the much broader ecosystem play. The managing director of Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz is using his team’s talents to build out a what he calls ‘hyperlanes’ for the future of driverless cars.Microsoft may not have an open play for producing driverless vehicles like that of the Google’s or BMW’s of the world or even feeding the fire to rumors about an inevitable production car like Apple; the company is dedicating around 300 to 400 scientist and engineers to creating technologies for a driverless future.As Horvitz sees it, the creation of ‘Hyperlanes’ will, obfuscate the need for drivers and pave the way for more autonomous vehicles in the future (all pun intended).

“I think we will have the rise of special lanes, hyper lanes, closed to manual traffic” —@erichorvitzon driverless cars#EmTechMIT

— John Miley (@johntmiley)November 2, 2015

Horvitz came up with the idea of ‘Hyperlanes’ while driving his Tesla around Seattle, according to a spokesperson who reached out toGeekwire recently.

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He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security

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