The Power of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is one of the magic words for technologists and business experts. AI was found by John McCarthy. It is known as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.”
Few examples of AI in real-time,
- Hey Siri, Hey Google, Amazon’s Alexa, etc.. — uses AI to complete tasks and answer your questions.
- Tesla self-driving cars.
- Netflix is using AI to create suggestions according to your viewing preferences…
Recently, AI has upscaled a silent short film “L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat” which was shot in the year 1896 to 4k 60FPS resolution. The AI-enhanced upscaled version was released by Denis Shiryaev.
Denis Shiryaev Used:
- Source used to upscale: https://youtu.be/MT-70ni4Ddo | Length: 0.46
- Upscaled video : https://youtu.be/3RYNThid23g | Length: 1.17
- Colorized video: https://youtu.be/EqbOhqXHL7E | Length: 0.48
Algorithms Used:
- DeOldify Neural Networks — Coloring the video
- Gigapixel AI — Topaz Labs — Upscale/Quality of the video
- Dain — Imagines and inserts frames to the video
You can try the above algorithms on your own with different videos.
The most interesting part of the topic — Since AI has been democratized, even a layman can explore the Powerful AI Tools for trying their samples and outcomes.
Having said that, here are the few statements from the biggest tech titans on the power of AI:
Elon Musk: ‘Mark my words — A.I. is far more dangerous than nukes’
Sundar Pichai: This is why AI must be regulated “There are real concerns about the potential negative consequences of AI, from deep fakes to nefarious uses of facial recognition. While there is already some work being done to address these concerns, there will inevitably be more challenges ahead that no one company or industry can solve alone,”
Jeff Bezos: Robots aren’t going to take over the world, but humans could use them for some scary stuff
Jack Ma: “In 30 years, the best CEO could be a robot”
Conclusion: AI is certainly a boon for all of us only when it is used for helping humans rather than replacing humans. Ethics, Morals, and Responsibility are the most important factors for an individual to follow while making a footprint on AI. You can find more information under the “Ethics of Artificial intelligence” topic.
P.S. The primary intent of this article is to inspire and bring awareness on the trending cutting edge technologies all around us.
