Tim LeeMoviegoer: Key DialogueIf a machine were to interpret a movie, it can find dialogue particularly important to the plot, by looking for specific NLP patternsDec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer — Scene Boundary IdentificationWithout structure, a film is just a few thousand frames of images and a long audio track. A machine must identify scenes to “watch” a movieDec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer — Next StepsWith a functional prototype complete, it’s time to think of what comes next in the project.Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Tim LeeinTowards Data ScienceMoviegoer — 5 Reasons Why Cinema is the Perfect Dataset of Emotional and Anthropological KnowledgeMovies demonstrate emotional communication atop valuable societal context. They are the perfect dataset for emotional AI models.Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Tim LeeinTowards Data ScienceMoviegoer — Prototype in Action: Turning Movies into Emotional DataThe Moviegoer prototype can automatically identify scenes, discover key dialogue, and track characters’ emotions throughout an entire film.Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Tim LeeinTowards Data ScienceMoviegoer — The Case for Teaching Emotion to AI by Having Them Watch MoviesAI entities will soon be able to act indistinguishably from humans, while reading our emotions perfectly. The key component? Cinema.Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer: Character DetailsAs it watches a movie, a machine can identify a character’s face, and then track that character throughout the entire film.Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer: Scene DetailsOnce a machine can identify a scene in a film, it can begin to extract plot and character information from the dialogue.Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer: Data SerializationTo more efficiently interpret movies, a machine can “watch” it once and save the data it interprets for later usageOct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
Tim LeeMoviegoer: Character Identification with a Self-IntroductionThis is part of a series describing the development of Moviegoer, a multi-disciplinary data science project with the lofty goal of…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020