[Music]
I am an explorer more specifically a
technology explorer I started exploring
technology at the age of five an example
being how I fixed my classroom computer
when I was in kindergarten I wanted to
use my classroom computer but the
teacher said no because one was occupied
and the other one was broken since it
wouldn’t turn on two teachers already
tried fixing its but to no avail
I asked if I could try and the teacher
said yes so a few seconds later I came
back with joy because I fixed it it was
a simple problem the power cable was
only loosely plugged in
[Laughter]
at eight years old mine was good at
programming but not that great at my
times tables so I created a Windows
application to help me practice my times
tables which helped me raise my test
scores I then realized that this app
could help others to learn as well so I
converted it to an iOS app and when I
was nine years old my very first iOS app
t-tables was accepted into the Apple App
Store my next step was to then author a
book on iOS development so others can
learn programming and make their own
apps as well I then began to share my
explorations with the world by speaking
at conferences and now at 13 years old I
am a keynote speaker an author an
algorithmic and a youtuber at Tanmay
teaches since my goal is to help at
least 100,000 aspiring beginners on
their first steps to becoming
programmers
along this journey I stumbled upon a
documentary about IBM Watson a
supercomputer that was not only able to
play but also REME jeopardy against the
two best human competitors because
Watson I started working with machine
learning and artificial intelligence or
AI for short in fact my passion for and
belief in AI brought me to work on a
project that is very close to my heart
please take a moment and think about the
word connected it’s a simple word that
means a whole lot right now
you are connected to the entire world
via your social media your phone and
your text messages here at TEDx and even
though your phones are muted every other
feature is functional but now I want you
to imagine if you can sitting alone in a
room and people walk in there talking
you look at them and you can’t move or
speak
but you desperately want to say hello
and join the conversation but you can’t
you’re disconnected I want to introduce
you to Buu since the age of seven she
has red syndrome a debilitating
neurological disorder meaning that not
being able to communicate or join any
conversation has been her reality for
the past 22 years imagine a world like
this and how lonely it would be because
of my explorations I was invited to join
a team and my part is to implement
machine learning algorithms to help
augment human life such as booze this
intelligent machine will give her the
ability to do something that you and I
take for granted and that is the ability
to communicate and to connect this smart
technology will not only help you but
many others with similar to
abilities to reconnect to the world and
unlike Stephen Hawking the famous
scientist who can type on his computer
with cheek and eye movements the system
we are creating will be connected
directly to booth brainwaves to augment
her abilities as she’s unable to use
even body movement to communicate how
this technology works is it gathers
brainwaves through a special headset
which are interpreted by deep neural
networks that I trained initially the
system will understand intents like yes
no not sure and maybe and so hopefully
in the near future it will help people
like boo whose existence and even
treatment could be made simpler with the
abilities of artificially intelligent
technology we should not be afraid of AI
it won’t replace her overpower us it
will empower us this is booze mom she is
her intimate interpreter she won’t be
replaced by any cognitive or AI system
rather it will enhance her ability to
understand her daughter and assist Buu
to communicate and connect to the
outside world I strongly believe that in
the next 15 to 20 years those with
severe disabilities will be able to
communicate and connect with the outside
world and carry out entire conversations
and through the power of AI connect to
the outside world I cannot wait to have
a conversation with pou I am really
excited about these technologies because
the possibilities are endless thank you
very much
[Applause]
you
I am an explorer more specifically a
technology explorer I started exploring
technology at the age of five an example
being how I fixed my classroom computer
when I was in kindergarten I wanted to
use my classroom computer but the
teacher said no because one was occupied
and the other one was broken since it
wouldn’t turn on two teachers already
tried fixing its but to no avail
I asked if I could try and the teacher
said yes so a few seconds later I came
back with joy because I fixed it it was
a simple problem the power cable was
only loosely plugged in
[Laughter]
at eight years old mine was good at
programming but not that great at my
times tables so I created a Windows
application to help me practice my times
tables which helped me raise my test
scores I then realized that this app
could help others to learn as well so I
converted it to an iOS app and when I
was nine years old my very first iOS app
t-tables was accepted into the Apple App
Store my next step was to then author a
book on iOS development so others can
learn programming and make their own
apps as well I then began to share my
explorations with the world by speaking
at conferences and now at 13 years old I
am a keynote speaker an author an
algorithmic and a youtuber at Tanmay
teaches since my goal is to help at
least 100,000 aspiring beginners on
their first steps to becoming
programmers
along this journey I stumbled upon a
documentary about IBM Watson a
supercomputer that was not only able to
play but also REME jeopardy against the
two best human competitors because
Watson I started working with machine
learning and artificial intelligence or
AI for short in fact my passion for and
belief in AI brought me to work on a
project that is very close to my heart
please take a moment and think about the
word connected it’s a simple word that
means a whole lot right now
you are connected to the entire world
via your social media your phone and
your text messages here at TEDx and even
though your phones are muted every other
feature is functional but now I want you
to imagine if you can sitting alone in a
room and people walk in there talking
you look at them and you can’t move or
speak
but you desperately want to say hello
and join the conversation but you can’t
you’re disconnected I want to introduce
you to Buu since the age of seven she
has red syndrome a debilitating
neurological disorder meaning that not
being able to communicate or join any
conversation has been her reality for
the past 22 years imagine a world like
this and how lonely it would be because
of my explorations I was invited to join
a team and my part is to implement
machine learning algorithms to help
augment human life such as booze this
intelligent machine will give her the
ability to do something that you and I
take for granted and that is the ability
to communicate and to connect this smart
technology will not only help you but
many others with similar to
abilities to reconnect to the world and
unlike Stephen Hawking the famous
scientist who can type on his computer
with cheek and eye movements the system
we are creating will be connected
directly to booth brainwaves to augment
her abilities as she’s unable to use
even body movement to communicate how
this technology works is it gathers
brainwaves through a special headset
which are interpreted by deep neural
networks that I trained initially the
system will understand intents like yes
no not sure and maybe and so hopefully
in the near future it will help people
like boo whose existence and even
treatment could be made simpler with the
abilities of artificially intelligent
technology we should not be afraid of AI
it won’t replace her overpower us it
will empower us this is booze mom she is
her intimate interpreter she won’t be
replaced by any cognitive or AI system
rather it will enhance her ability to
understand her daughter and assist Buu
to communicate and connect to the
outside world I strongly believe that in
the next 15 to 20 years those with
severe disabilities will be able to
communicate and connect with the outside
world and carry out entire conversations
and through the power of AI connect to
the outside world I cannot wait to have
a conversation with pou I am really
excited about these technologies because
the possibilities are endless thank you
very much
[Applause]
you
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