Jesse Arlen Smith

My Story

Disruption by design

 
 

Through his insights and “Transformation Principles” Jesse is changing, companies, people and societies. Jesse gives keynote speeches and conducts workshops on corporate venturing and breakthrough innovation, changing the way people and companies think and empowering them to act through transformational thinking and disruptive technologies.

Jesse is an entrepreneur and strategist with a drive for disruptive innovation that can make a difference and inspire others. His objective is to be a catalyst for global innovation and to enable organizations and societies to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Jesse is the founder and managing director at JohnnyFive AI Limited a Hong Kong registered AIforGood company that designs and builds intelligent systems for research and development projects in commerce and healthcare applications.

He is the lead consultant and commercial director for the AIHealth Initiative, at National Yang Ming University, working with private sector players and international collaborators, to develop a sustainable ecosystem for developing AI technologies that provide social welfare and healthcare improvements to the citizens of Taiwan and the world.

As the chief executive officer of the BECC Consulting Group, Jesse has over 12 years of international experience working with Fortune 500 companies and some of the worlds most well known brands and institutions.

Jesse is an active early startup investor in media and technology companies that have the potential to transform industries and inspire people. He is also an accredited movie producer, founder, and executive producer at Stone Soup Production Company Limited.

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Jesse Arlen Smith
Future Stratigist Innovator

 
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AIForum Digital@INSEAD

 
 

I Have a dream

Using cutting-edge technologies to address critical real-world problems

 
 

Understand the trends. Anticipate what’s coming. Change your belief and change what is possible, through his teachings and workshops Jesse guides people and companies to reframe business challenges and create disruptive growth, based on transformation principles. Allowing you and your company to take bold action towards shaping a better future.

 
 
 

Maximize Net Benefit for ALL 

 
 

AIforGood.Asia is an initiative dedicated to AI development in Asia, addressing the existing and potential applications, and the questions that are raised for society and public policy by progress in AI.  The initiative fosters activities to maximize the benefit of AI technologies for social good and ensure that these technologies are being developed responsibly.

This initiative promotes the responsible development of AI in Asia, its existing and potential applications, and addresses the questions that are raised for society and public policy. We also work with public and private sectors to make recommendations for specific further actions by government agencies, companies and other actors to steer the development of AI for the betterment of all people in Asia and throughout the world.

Events are organized to discusses the role of AI in society and identify areas of opportunity, and recommend ways to coordinate R&D to maximize benefit and build a highly-trained workforce in Asia.

Given the strategic importance of AI, moreover, it is appropriate for the both government and companies in the region to monitor developments in the field worldwide in order to get early warning of important changes.

AI holds the potential to be a major driver of economic growth and social progress, if industry, civil society, government, and the public work together to support development of the technology with thoughtful attention to its potential and to managing its risks.

AIforgood.asia is a platform to convene conversations about important issues and help to set the agenda for public debate. It can monitor the safety and fairness of AI applications as they develop, and adapt regulatory frameworks to encourage innovation while protecting the public. We hope to steer public policy tools to ensure that disruption enabled by AI can be used to maximize net benefit for all.
 

 

14X

There has been a 14X increase in the number of active AI startups since 2000.

6.6B

The AI healthcare market is on track to hit $6.6 billion by 2021, according to Accenture data. 

 

31.2B

Global revenues from AI applications is projected to grow from $1.62B in 2018 to $31.2B in 2025 

84%

84% of enterprises believe investing in AI will lead to greater competitive advantages

 
 
 

Advances in AI technology have opened up new markets and new opportunities 

 
 

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have opened up new markets and new opportunities for progress in critical areas such as health, education, energy, and the environment. In recent years, machines have surpassed humans in the performance of certain specific tasks, such as some aspects of image recognition. Experts forecast that rapid progress in the field of specialized artificial intelligence will continue. Although it is very unlikely that machines will exhibit broadly-applicable intelligence comparable to or exceeding that of humans in the next 20 years, it is to be expected that machines will reach and exceed human performance on more and more tasks.


 

One area of great optimism about AI and machine learning is their potential to improve people’s lives by helping to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges and inefficiencies. Many have compared the promise of AI to the transformative impacts of advancements in mobile computing. Public- and private-sector investments in basic and applied R&D on AI have already begun reaping major benefits to the public in fields as diverse as health care, transportation, the environment, criminal justice, and economic inclusion. The effectiveness of government itself is being increased as agencies build their capacity to use AI to carry out their missions more quickly, responsively, and efficiently.

 

ANnual Investments in Artificial Intelligence Via Equity Funding in Millions

A Passion for Story Telling

 
 
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On set Film Production

As a founder and executive producer at Stone Soup Production Company, Jesse knows how to harness the power of media. Jesse’s has a love for the creative art of film production and a passion for storytelling. Jesse's feature film, Formosa Boulevard, was released with Taiwanfest at the Vancouver and Toronto film festivals in 2016.

Jesse's company Stone Soup is a borderless production company founded with a name and ethos inspired by story telling as both an art and communication form. 

Like the fable itself, Stone Soup is composed of creative warriors who are a talented group, both resourceful and motivated, brought together by the hunger and desire to collaborate and create. 

Jesse produces meaningful, provocative, and inspiring work in the areas of film, documentary and commercial productions. 

Jesse loves to collaborate with the most talented professionals around the world to tell great stories, and produce memorable work that can advance ideas and inspire others. 

As a producer, Jesse strives to push the creative boundaries whenever possible and promises to bring this unique hunger and creative energy to every Stone Soup production and creative collaboration.

 
 
 

Work with Jesse

 
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