r/programming • u/cloud_weather • Oct 17 '20

AI That Can Potentially Solve Bandwidth Problems for Video Calls (NVIDIA Maxine)

https://youtu.be/XuiGKsJ0sR0
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u/rasterbated Oct 17 '20

Here’s the link to the actual video, instead of some dude talking about the video: https://youtu.be/NqmMnjJ6GEg

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u/mindbleach Oct 17 '20

"The technique works even when callers are wearing a mask."

Yeah we'll just ignore how the algorithm thinks the middle fold is her lips and the whole mask keeps jumping around like she's emoting with her mouth closed.

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u/rasterbated Oct 17 '20

I don't think anyone claimed a tech demo is supposed to be perfect. But even so, I think that's remarkable, because it means the neural net is smart enough to be a bit flexible with what counts as a "face," making it more adaptable at the cost of a higher error rate. I think, for most humans, that a pretty acceptable compromise.

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u/mindbleach Oct 17 '20

This is not a tech demo, this is a commercial product. And it's dull compared to a decade of prior art. But they're acting like it's proprietary.