Storytelling & Diversity: The AI Edge In LA

Dave Whelan, Chief Executive Officer of BioscienceLA, believes diversity is LA’s secret weapon when it comes to its potential to become the global epicenter for AI innovation. He notes LA’s widely diverse diaspora, which makes it a perfect place to train AI.

“The entire world’s global population resides in LA. If you look at AI for healthcare, you have the raw materials in patient and health data that provide the widest range of possibilities. Combine that with the mix of the creative workforce, diversity of economies, and SoCal mindset, all together making LA a prime center for innovation that has yet to rightly take its place in the sun when compared to the attention that Silicon Valley receives.”

Read this Forbes Cognitive World piece by Annie Brown to see why “LA may finally have its day in the spotlight as a focal point for cross-disciplinary innovation.”