{"id":1406,"date":"2020-01-15T20:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielparente.net\/en\/2020\/01\/15\/youtubes-series-on-ai-with-robert-downey-jr-is-finally-available\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T20:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:27:19","slug":"youtubes-series-on-ai-with-robert-downey-jr-is-finally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielparente.net\/en\/2020\/01\/15\/youtubes-series-on-ai-with-robert-downey-jr-is-finally-available\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube&#8217;s series on AI with Robert Downey Jr. is finally available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the debut episode &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwsrzCVZAb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Far is Too Far?<\/a>,&#8221; the actor introduces viewers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soulmachines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Machines<\/a> CEO Mark Sagar. Sagar is a special effects artist who worked on films like <em>King Kong<\/em> and <em>Avatar<\/em> who is using his expertise in animating faces to create an AI-animated digital avatar for the Black Eyed Peas&#8217; will.i.am.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5aZjsWM2wo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V5aZjsWM2wo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second episode<\/a>, meanwhile, we learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/05\/07\/google-ai-impaired-speech-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Euphonia<\/a>, a speech assistance tool Google showed off at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/05\/07\/all-the-important-stuff-google-announced-at-i-o-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I\/O 2019<\/a>. This episode features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BN8-r46Dt5Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former NFL linebacker Tim Shaw<\/a> who has ALS and difficulty moving and speaking as a result of his condition. We see a prototype of Euphonia in action, and Shaw help Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/accessibility\/how-tim-shaw-regained-his-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record voice samples for the AI<\/a> to try and interpret his speech. More broadly, the episode explores how AI is changing healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/08\/17\/youtube-originals-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&#8217;s recent decision<\/a> to make YouTube Originals free to watch, you don&#8217;t have to have a Premium subscription to check out the new series. The company says it will upload new episodes once per week. That said, if you are a Premium subscriber, you can watch the first four videos right away. On January 15th, you&#8217;ll be able to watch the remaining episodes.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube is hosting <em>The Age of A.I.<\/em> on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdxpofrI-dO6oYfsqHDHphw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learning channel<\/a>, which is the same place it plans to upload the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/12\/09\/michelle-obama-youtube-creators-for-change-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Creators for Change<\/em> series<\/a> it announced last week. The first episode of that show will feature former first lady Michelle Obama. In the meantime, the bits we&#8217;ve seen of The Age of A.I seem compelling enough. The second episode, in particular, does a good job of showing the human impact of AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/12\/18\/youtube-age-of-ai-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] In the debut episode &#8220;How Far is Too Far?,&#8221; the actor introduces viewers to Soul Machines CEO Mark Sagar. Sagar is a special effects artist who worked on films like King Kong and Avatar who is using his expertise in animating faces to create an AI-animated digital avatar for the Black Eyed Peas&#8217; will.i.am. 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