Fun with AI and JavaScript

Our next remote event will feature a super fun talk and demo from Jen Looper (plus virtual dance party!!) as well as a bunch of fun demos from Gant Laborde.

We will be using Zoom and will share the link shortly before the event starts.

We will also create a Slack channel for the event which attendees can chat in, get resources from the speakers, and ask questions in.
Entirely optional but if you want to be a part of this -
Join the Slack group here https://join.slack.com/t/aijavascript/shared_invite/zt-7rj87ynb-O9wrqOJrqIxc~FDPqsXmQQ
Join the Slack channel specifically for this event called meetup-28th-may-2020

Schedule (GMT + 1 )
6.40pm - Welcome from the organisers
6.45pm - Elle Haproff/ Sean Tracey 'AI JS News & Demos'
7pm - Jen Looper 'PoseDance - Build a TikTok trainer'
7.40pm - Gant Laborde - 'Adventures in AI and JS’
8.15pm - 'break out rooms' on Zoom. You’ll be assigned to a random room of 4/5 to say hi to fellow attendees (optional!)

Jen Looper 'PoseDance - Build a TikTok trainer'

Do you scroll through TikTok, amazed at the goofy, yet complicated dance moves featuring today's youths? Those kids are popping off while you're sitting around, coding SQL queries. Fortunately, we are technologists, and there's no problem we can't solve, including getting better at TikTok dancing. In this talk, Jen will show you how she perfected her moves by building PoseDance, your friendly TikTok trainer. We'll discuss how Jen leveraged PoseNet, which allows you to pinpoint body motion and draw a 'skeleton' on a video. Combined with a webcam mapping your own dance skeleton, a bit of math to compare the matching points, Azure functions to authenticate a user, and PlayFab as a game-friendly backend to keep scores and create a leaderboard, you've got the perfect quarantine pastime, making a perfect fool of yourself in front of a webcam. Come dance with Jen!

Gant Laborde - 'Adventures in AI and JS

AI/ML has revolutionized the world of what is possible, and TensorFlow.js is revolutionizing the domain of where we can bring these new capabilities. Google implemented over 4,000 tensor models in production in 2017. The future of software will be filled with amazing new Machine Learning, so let's get creating!

Gant Laborde is an owner of Infinite Red, mentor, adjunct professor, published author, and award-winning speaker. For 20 years, he has been involved in software development and continues strong today. He is an “open sourcerer”, team leader, and aspires to one day become a mad scientist. He blogs, videos, and maintains popular repositories for the community.
http://gantlaborde.com