My mini AI TARS can now translate in realtime

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Hi, I'm Travis. I love building things and making movies. Links to my socials are here, anything not here is a fake impersonation.

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The video combines a compelling DIY project (a robot inspired by Interstellar) with a practical AI application (real-time translation), creating a unique and engaging demonstration. The creator's personal journey and the explanation of the technical challenges add depth and relatability, while the humorous translation of cat and dog behavior provides entertainment value.

Summary

The creator showcases their custom-built AI robot, GPTARS, which they spent two years developing to enable real-time translation. The video explains the technical challenge of preventing the robot's microphone from picking up its own voice and demonstrates its new ability to translate spoken Spanish into English.

Structure

1Introduction of the GPTARS robot and its translation capability
2Explanation of the two-year development process and the self-feedback issue
3Demonstration of the robot translating Spanish to English using the Grok app

Original caption

FINALLY fixed the self-feedback issue where his microphone would pick up his own voice endlessly. And for good this time... Now we can do all kinds of cool things like what we see here. Make sure to follow because l'Il be posting more of the things we can do now after this fix! #ai #robot #funny #artificialintelligence #technology

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Product placement

GPTARS (the robot): ACTS - it is a custom-built robot that can translate in realtime. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Grok (app): ACTS - it is an app used for translation. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

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Make sure to follow because l'Il be posting more of the things we can do now after this fix!

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My mini AI TARS can now translate in realtime it took me 2 years and 9 different attempts to get my mini TARS from Interstellar to listen to me while he's talking yes that TARS and here's why it was all worth it you see the problem his mic hears himself and without a fix he end up answering himself... yes fruits they're classified as a type DO NOT CUT ME OFF! excuse me sorry about that. CAN I FINISH?! import smbus2 import time now the fix is _BUS_NUMBER = s = smbus2.SMBus INA260 I2C address A260 ADDRESS of read_register try: # Read 2 raw = bus # Swap byte raw = (( return raw except Except print(f"E a lot more complicated than you'd think but since he can now finally speak and listen at the same time he can now do really cool things like just have Grok speak in Spanish and I'll do my best to keep up Grok: Hola Los Gatos los gatos tienen una reunión secreta cada noche para votar qué mueble destruir al día siguiente. hello the cats are having a secret meeting every night to vote on which piece of furniture to destroy during the day next and they always choose the sofa new also the dogs have a club cómo parecer inocentes después de comerse tus zapatos. hello the cats are having a secret meeting every night to vote on which piece of furniture to destroy during the day next and they always choose the sofa new also the dogs have a club where they practice how to appear innocent after eating your shoes what made it so complicated make sure you follow

Transcript

it took me 2 years and 9 different attempts to get my mini TARS from Interstellar to listen to me while he's talking. Yes that TARS. And here's why it was all worth it. You see the problem. His mic hears himself and without a fix he ends up answering himself... yes fruits. They're classified as a type. DO NOT CUT ME OFF! Excuse me, sorry about that. CAN I FINISH?! import smbus2 import time. Now the fix is _BUS_NUMBER = s = smbus2.SMBus. INA260 I2C address. A260 ADDRESS. of read_register. try: # Read 2 raw = bus. # Swap byte raw = ((. return raw. except Except. print(f"E. A lot more complicated than you'd think. But since he can now finally speak and listen at the same time, he can now do really cool things like just have Grok speak in Spanish and I'll do my best to keep up. Grok: Hola Los Gatos. los gatos tienen una reunión secreta cada noche para votar qué mueble destruir al día siguiente. hello the cats are having a secret meeting every night to vote on which piece of furniture to destroy during the day next and they always choose the sofa new also the dogs have a club cómo parecer inocentes después de comerse tus zapatos. hello the cats are having a secret meeting every night to vote on which piece of furniture to destroy during the day next and they always choose the sofa new also the dogs have a club where they practice how to appear innocent after eating your shoes. what made it so complicated? make sure you follow.