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One of the things that is suggested while on Dialysis is to keep your brain active. Obviously, this can take on many forms. For me, I have become more than just interested in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and in fact, am using it to support this blog. When I do so I generally refer to its use as my “AI Assistant.” Another path I am pursuing is taking online courses to bring me up to speed on the newest technologies in my former area of expertise, Electrical Engineering (EE). I am currently enrolled in a course with TheGreatCourses.com titled Electrical Engineering for Everyone that provides an introduction to all things that do just that. The online course started off with a brief introduction to how EE has impacted and changed since its inception. Bear with me, we’ll get to where I’m going with this shortly. The lead to the course, without any formatting, follows from the course:

Built on Maxwell’s equations, the field of electrical engineering has experienced four distinct revolutions in the past 150 years, each of which increased our knowledge of the world around us, improved the quality of life for masses of people, and led to the opportunity for further discoveries. Revolution One brought the transmission of electrical energy with wires, which provided electric power to homes and businesses and produced the telegraph and telephone. Revolution Two brought the transmission of electric energy without wires. This phase started with radio, which led to television, satellites, and other forms of wireless communications. Revolution Three occurred when we learned to control electrons with transistors, which led to electronics and photonics. And Revolution Four produced computers and communication systems to create intelligent applications, including brain-controlled prosthetics, self-driving cars, and advanced robotics.

This is all well and good, but I got to wondering how AI might be used to improve the delivery, understanding, and retention of these concepts by the interested party. This harkens back to my tenure as a university lecturer and professor. So here’s what I did. First I plugged the “script” above into Designs.Ai’s video engine, and came up with the video presentation embedded below. I uploaded static pictures of the phases from the internet; I found what Designs selected on their own to be OK but not anywhere optimum. Even then I managed to use the same picture for the third and fourth eras of EE.

So that’s one AI take on jazzing up otherwise dull text. I tried a second named Avatarbuilder.com. It uses AI to produce a figure dictating the text. You can change figures, backgrounds, dress, etc. to suit your needs. The video from this AI-assisted presentation tool is embedded below. I like the first one best for university-level presentations. Minds sharp = successful Dialysis.