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We're back for the last #EmTechDigital chapter of the day, hosted by @StrongReporter. We'll be talking about one of the hottest things going in the field right now: generative AI.

@StrongReporter Generative AI is what we mean when we talk about creative AI or AI art--including technologies that can draw and pains or that can gather and use information to write things like articles. #EmTechDigital

@mikebhaley of @autodesk says no design problem exists by itself. And generative AI can be used to solve those problems. #EmTechDigital

AI helps designers and customers sift through possible generative design outcomes, Haley says. #EmTechDigital

How do you verify that generative design solutions make sense?

The solutions themselves are verified by AI to ensure they're possible, Haley says. #EmTechDesign

Smart infrastructure would benefit from generative AI. You can't just look at one component of the problems, @mikebhaley says. #EmTechDigital

@mikebhaley How do you measure the impact of the tradeoffs you make with generative design?

A human designer makes the final decision, but visualization tools and AI help them make those choices, Haley says. #EmTechDigital

Next up: synthetic data with @unity's @danny_lange.

Synthetic data isn’t a new idea, but it’s taken off recently and become much more widespread. Danny's talking about large-scale synthetic data generation, and what it means for the field. #EmTechDigital

@unity @danny_lange Synthetic data is the key to creating enough training data, Lange says. #EmTechDigital

Advantages of synthetic data, according to Lange :

-high volume, low cost of perfectly labeled training data
-dataset intelligence
-controlled bias
-privacy ensured
-perfect safety record

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@StrongReporter: What's your greatest challenge right now?

To put everything together, Lange says. #EmTechDigital

People are big neural networks, @danny_lange says. #EmTechDigital

How accurate can humanoids be compared to humans?

Humanoid movements don't have to be a perfect matches for human movement. But behavior is more complicated, Lange says. #EmTechDigital

For our last segment, we're going to experience AI generated art.

@refikanadol uses data and machine intelligence as his medium. #EmTechDigital

@refikanadol He’s here to help us explore the intersection of technology and human creativity by sharing some of his work with kinetic data sculptures, which use machines to give physical shape and context to data. #EmTechDigital

Can a machine dream? @refikanadol's work has led him to ask questions like this. #EmTechDigital

That's a wrap on day 1 of #EmTechDigital! We'll be back tomorrow with another great lineup for you with conversations focused on the evolution of algorithms.

It's not too late to join us virtually. Register here: trib.al/YipvRIp #EmTechDigital