NVIDIA AI Podcast Ep. 24: How Yahoo Uses AI to Create Instant eSports Highlight Reels
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May 31, 2017 Yale Song, a Senior Research Scientist at Yahoo! Research, dives into the fascinating world of AI in eSports highlight reel generation. He discusses how AI technology is revolutionizing the immediate curation of electrifying gameplay moments, meeting the voracious demands of fans. Yale explains the challenges of highlighting key moments amid chaos, how deep learning classifies highlights, and how AI can even create shareable GIFs in real-time. The conversation highlights the shift towards objective analyses in sports, reshaping how we experience eSports.
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Yahoo Esports and AI
- Yahoo Esports hosts about a dozen game titles and live streams professional matches.
- They considered hiring multiple editors per game but decided to explore AI for highlight reel creation.
Subjectivity vs. Objectivity
- Identifying highlights can be subjective, varying between viewers.
- Yale Song aimed to remove subjectivity by focusing on objectively identifiable in-game events.
Visual Effects as Objective Markers
- Esports games often use visual effects (fire bursts, text displays) to emphasize key moments.
- These objective visual cues can be used by AI to identify potential highlights.