i you have not heard brad smith peek before, you're in for a at any rate. brad is one of my favorite speakers in the tech community and the industry. brad of course is the princeton alum from the class of 1981. he is -- serve the university in many ways, an adviser and supporter -- a trustee of the university and is able to provide that same counsel to the university. right now the tech industry is at a crossroads. because public attitudes and the attitude in the political system toward technology and the tech industry has shifted. in a couple of ways. first, with the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, people have realized that it's not just a one-time small change with the internet but the technology is having a big and long-term effect on many aspects of people's lives son, the stakes are perhaps higher than thought. at the same time there's an increased skepticism about technology and the role of the tech industry in our society and hard questions being asked. the good news is that there are plenty of people in the industry wh

vicky huddleston talks about the relationship between cuba and the out, and microsoft president, brad smith, offers his thoughts on artificial intelligence and how it will impact society and the work force, all that's weekend on booktv. for a complete schedule visit booktv.org. >> good evening, can you hear me in the back okay as well? i'm the event coordinator here at politics and pros. thank you for coming out. if everybody could please silence your cell phone. we are recording with c-span so don't want to be that person whose tone goes off in the middle of everything. also, for similar

vicky huddleston talks about the relationship between cuba and the out, and microsoft president, brad smith, offers his thoughts on artificial intelligence and how it will impact society and the work force, all that's weekend on booktv. for a complete schedule visit booktv.org. >> good evening, can you hear me in the back okay as well? i'm the event coordinator here at politics and pros. thank you for coming out. if everybody could please silence your cell phone. we are recording with c-span so don't want to be that person whose tone goes off in the middle of everything. also, for similar reasons, we would like you to come up to this microphone over here during the q & a and your question can be on our recording as well as c-span's recording so everybody can hear at a later date. and then last thing, after the talk, be really helpful for the staff to help fold up your chairs and lean them against a shelf, and we're happy to have you pull out your phones and take pictures, use social media during the event. so -- >> not too much. >> we don't want to distract too much but as long as we can pr

research into that that is really going to drive a lot of the future he also mentioned that harry and brad smithicrosoft is going to convene a committee to look into the ethics of artificial intelligence trying to make sure that as they charge into this data driven future that you were just talking about where facebook is concerned that they avoid as many trouble spots as possible the idea here being that he's trying to run after the future and growth areas as quickly as possible and reorganize microsoft around those principles. >> so this says what about the direction of the company in terms of what it's strategic goals re. >> it says that they're putting together businesses in a way they hadn't been before. i'm used to seeing windows with azure. this idea of platforms -- >> with the cloud. >> being put together separately this way, they seem to be taking a lot of areas that need deep thought and engineering putting them together. azure together with ai and other kind of cloud driven deep learning areas where they need to and he's saying this is an area that is going to define the future we don

. >> speaking of brad, he made a rare public appearance last night at a pre-oscar bash with his manager. meanwhile, et was exclusive at another party. and that is where ja da smith talked about will smith's social media obsession. >> your husband now on instagram and youtube. you just tell me what's going on. >> well, he's not allowed to have a cell phone in the house anymore. no, i'm just kidding. you know, people always like, how is will at home? how you get to see? >> but it was a husband free zone when i caught up with her inside the pre-oscar sistah's party. >> it is always that glorious time to be young, gifted and black, but it is especially a moment in which you can bring that forth. >> the class of 2018 includes the next generation of stars. >> she will kick your butt. >> everyone is talking now about next year's oscars and black panther. >> all i do is take one step in front of the other. i'm just excited that folks are watching it. that, to me, is everything. i really am in the process of processing it. i really am. >> as for the double nominee mary j.blidge, she told me she will be wearing three different looks throughout the day sunday. >> of course