BrumAI - April

This one is on a Wednesday, they'll revert to being Thursdays after this.

• Talk 1: Kari Lawler (30 Mins)
  Creating and training custom object detection models using TensorFlow

An explanation of how to build custom object detector; firstly showing the process of collating and correctly labelling a dataset and then displaying how this integrates with the TensorFlow object detection api to build effective models

• Discussion: Will AI take all of our jobs? (30 mins)
  Is AI going to take us to a dystopia where all of the work is done by machines controlled by a few uber-powerful corporations, or will it power us up to make us the best we can be?
  Nick Bostrom paints a pretty bleak picture, whereas Garry Kasparov is more optimistic. Elon Musk thinks that in order to save humanity, we need to become the AIs (https://goo.gl/wgFFiv). Where do you stand on the issue?

Break (15 mins)

Talk 2: Lee Bowyer (15 mins)
A webcam, Raspberry Pi, Tensorflow and Convolutional Neural Networks
Lee talks us through how he detects birds on his bird feeder at home with deep learning!

Talk 3: Dan Gailey, Synapse AI (25 mins)
Decentralized AI + Blockchain: The future of AI economies

How cryptocurrency and the blockchain can unlock massive potential for connecting all people, devices, and agents to build a global AI ecosystem that will power the AI economies of tomorrow.

Dan Gailey is the CEO of Synapse AI — The first Decentralized AI Market and Network built on the Blockchain. Dan has a background in building intelligent multi-agent systems for a variety of interfaces across many platforms. Dan has previously worked in Venture Capital facilitating deal flow for cryptocurrency startups and has an education in Electrical Engineering (Autonomous Robotics) and Computational Chemistry

As usual, there'll be free pizza and beer and some of the most interesting people in the Midlands!
See you there!

Thanks to Wealth Wizards for organising the event and providing the refreshments, and to ALCMY for kindly hosting us at their awesome venue.

Wealth Wizards:
The UK's leading RoboAdviser. Helping people get control of their finances through the application of AI, Algorithms and regulated financial planning

ALCMY:
An agency that puts customer experience at the heart of everything we do. We develop marketing strategies & campaigns that get you noticed, design that turns heads and technology that gets people talking.