Augment Your Reality & Beginner ML Intro Tutorial - Johannesburg

Intro By Rishal Hurbans(https://twitter.com/RishalHurbans) News in AI, local events, and info about the AI ZA community.

Augment your reality By Dries Cronje(https://twitter.com/dries139)

Deep Learning has the ability to disrupt and to disrupt fast. The democratization of AI has meant that algorithms and tools are mature enough to make a difference in almost any industry. The uptake of AI to augment our world will depend on the ability to interact with AI services in a familiar way. The recent agreement between Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to integrate Alexa as a service in Cortana, and to integrate Cortana as a service in Alexa is a clear indication that the value is not in the assistant itself, but rather in the ability to connect services with people. I will use the demo to show you an effortless way to interact with a Computer Vision System that is aware of its surroundings using the Google Home Assistant. I will use the demo to show you a natural way to interact with a Computer Vision System that is aware of its surroundings using the Google Home Assistant.

Beginner ML Intro Tutorial By Privolin Naidoo(https://twitter.com/Privz) This part of the session consists of a beginners guide to machine learning and will include a practical hands-on exercise on getting started with Python and other useful tools.

IMPORTANT: You will need to bring a laptop to participate in the tutorial, or pair program with a friend.