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Client-side AI in JavaScript using Tensorflow.js

Mathias Burger

We will learn how to build a gesture classifier for a browser game using Tensorflow.js. Furthermore, we will go into the details of why MobileNets are so efficient and how to use transfer learning to reduce the amount of necessary training data.

In a practical example I will show you how to build a gesture classifier for a vertical scrolling browser game. Along the way, we will discuss the Tensorflow.js API and a specific model architecture called MobileNet.

In practice, edge computing is becoming evermore important and workloads are moved away from the backend. Tensorflow.js enables you to run AI models completely in the browser, which is also great for data privacy because often there is no more need to transfer sensitive data to backend servers.