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AI, Show Your Work | Michael Capps | TEDxRaleigh

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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No ordinary computer scientist, game developer, or futurist Michael Capps grasps the complexity behind Artificial Intelligence becoming sentient. Michael points out that AI gaining the upper hand over humanity is a sophisticated race against the clock and perhaps inevitable, unless we enforce a simple step. Michael Capps, co-founder and CEO of responsible AI company Diveplane, is a well-known game designer, research professor, industry advocate and technology executive. Diveplane, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based company focused on keeping the humanity in artificial intelligence (AI) through understandable AI. Prior to co-founding Diveplane, Michael served as President of Epic Games, the makers of blockbusters Gears of War and Fortnite franchises and the award-winning Unreal Engine. Michael has had stints as lead game designer and writer, a comic author, and currently is featured as a technology expert and futurist in Discovery and Science Channel series NASA's Unexplained Files, What on Earth, and Combat Countdown. Michael has actively served on the boards of dozens of companies, industry groups, non-profits, and professional organizations, including current roles with Sphero robotics, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, Immersive Technology Alliance (ITA), the Open Metaverse Federation and the Near Future Society. A departmental honoree in mathematics and creative writing, Michael graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds master’s degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill and MIT, and a doctorate in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School, where he served on the research faculty with a focus on networked virtual reality and simulations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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