Synthetic Reality: How Artificial Intelligence Will Shape the Metaverse and Everything

Explore the profound impact of artificial intelligence on the Metaverse in this thought-provoking 52-minute conference talk by Matt White from Berkeley Synthetic. Delve into the dominance of AI in various aspects of the virtual world, including autonomous agents, character animation, synthetic avatar creation, object style transfer, physics simulation, and text-to-asset generation. Examine the potential implications of AI integration, addressing power imbalances, creator economy dynamics, privacy concerns, and safety issues. Consider the ethical and legal challenges alongside business opportunities presented by AI in the Metaverse. Gain insights into the applications of generative deep learning, deep reinforcement learning, and conventional discriminatory deep learning in shaping synthetic reality.