I/O 2016 Show & Tell at GDG Seattle

At Google Developer Group (GDG) Seattle June meetup, I gave a lightning talk sharing what I have learned from Google I/O 2016: machine learning everywhere, and Android + Pepper the Robot!

Link to the meetup event - http://www.meetup.com/seattle-gdg/events/231616450/

Transcript

1. I/O 2016 Show & Tell GDG Seattle, Margaret Maynard-Reid, 6/15/2016 @margaretmz +MargaretMaynardReid 1 @margaretmz
2. Machine Learning Everywhere! • Keynote announcement: ◦ Google Assistant, Google Home ◦ Allo - smart replies ◦ Android Wear 2.0 - contextual search, predictive intelligence • Sessions at I/O: ◦ Google’s Vision on Machine Learning ◦ Machine Learning for Art ◦ Machine learning is not the future ◦ Breakthroughs in Machine Learning ◦ How to build a smart RasPi Bot with Cloud Vision and Speech API • Growing use of deep learning at Google 2
3. Deep Learning at Google Image source: How to build a smart RasPi Bot with Cloud Vision and Speech API 3
4. Google’s Vision on Machine Learning Q: Machine learning is not new. Why are we hearing about it a lot now? A: We are in a AI spring. Improvement in ML make it more accurate, powerful and available to developers. Q: How do we take advantage of ML? • Develop new algorithms. <— small set of people • Use existing algorithms. • Use pre-trained APIs <— you don’t need to have ML background Watch recording here: Google’s Vision on Machine Learning 4
5. Android + Robot: Pepper the Robot • Pepper the Robot is coming to the U.S. this year! • Tools added to Android Studio for making robots • Link to I/O recording: https://youtu.be/Jd96g8vBUWk Image Source: https://developer.softbankrobotics.com/us-en/news/developer-portal-launch-and-google-io-2016 5
6. Additional Resources • What I learned from I/O, by Margaret Maynard-Reid • I/O official blog • Youtube recording on I/O 2016 6
7. 360|AnDev, July 28-29 • Android conference in Denver • Impressive lineup of speakers: http://360andev.com/speakers/ • Use “droidcommunity” for 10% off • Two free tickets from raffle tonight 7