Robert Downey Jr., actor of "Iron Man", is committed to using robotics and AI to clean the Earth significantly over the next decade

• Robert Downey Jr. does not have any. Do not pretend to be a brilliant scientist – even if he's been playing Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, for eleven years.
• But on Tuesday night, he attended the all-new technology, Amazon, Machine Learning, Open to the Public, Machine Learning, Conference on Automation, Robotics and Space (MARS Object) in Las Vegas – a Filled Room legends of artificial intelligence, astronauts and other dignitaries – as an honorary speaker.
• And just when the crowd thought that Downey Jr. was just there to entertain them, he encouraged them all: at the end of his speech, he announced the launch of a new initiative called the Footprint Coalition. .
• Its goal is nothing less than using robotics, artificial intelligence and cleaning technology. Earth and reverse its carbon footprint in a decade.
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Robert Downey Jr. does not claim to be a brilliant scientist – even though he plays the role of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, for 11 years.

But Tuesday night He attended the brand new Amazon, Amazon Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space Conference (about MARS), open to the public, in Las Vegas – a room full of legends of Artificial intelligence, astronauts and other dignitaries – as an honorary speaker. .

He delivered a speech filled with yawning that has somehow woven the history of the Marvel film universe, the evolution of Stark's Iron Man costumes, allusions to his own troubled history of addiction, in the very history of artificial intelligence and its pioneers, with a bunch of jokes using the voice of Amazon Alexa and Matt Damon (including a recorded appearance of Damon videotaped).

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And just when the crowd thought that Downey Jr. was just there to entertain them, he encouraged them all: at the end of his speech, he announced that he was launches a new initiative called Footprint Coalition.

Its goal is none other than the use of robotics, artificial intelligence and technology to clean up the Earth and reverse its carbon footprint in a decade.

Here's how he told

"Quick Discharge, I do not pretend to understand the complexities we face as a species, just because I've portrayed a genius in my professional life. My school work culminated at the end of my time in jail, "said RDJ, referring to his troubled past which sentenced him to jail for drug charges, until he took stock of the situation. Detoxification treatment ordered by the court. Downey Jr. also told the audience that he had never done it "In return, I played an interesting and iconic character for eleven years, Tony Stark," a- he said, adding that what he liked about Stark was going from a "soulless war profiteer to a man who was willing to sacrifice for the good of the community." [19659010] Downey Jr. himself also had to personally change from a troubled young man to a reliable actor and member of a gambling team, as part of

" It's worth noting that when you want to change, the universe places people in your life that make it easier, "he said.

And his fame gives him access to all kinds of people.

"Recently, I was at a table with super smart, imp Experts about six months ago said:" Between robotics and technology, we could probably clean the planet significantly, if not entirely , in the next ten years "," he said.

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" To be essentially a child of 54, "he says referring to himself," I said: "Let's do it!" in a process, let's form a coalition. "And that did not inspire the reaction I was expecting. It was a dead silence."

(He used a more complicated language regarding body wastes and odors in an elevator to describe the reaction that he had.)

These intelligent intellectuals, who thought that technology could do it, also thought that he was possible to overcome the bureaucracy. By sharing intellectual property, intergovernmental cooperation would be too impossible to achieve.

But Downey Jr. still wants to try.

"I know it's a kumbaya-like dream, it's a logistical hub," he says, "I may only be devoting myself to a small part of the success of this statement, even in case of abject failure, it's still the best idea I've ever had. "[19659010] At this Robotics Show, he announced his Footprint coalition, which is still so recent, that his site Web has not been set up yet. The actor promises that the coalition will be officially launched in April 2020 and that he willing to spend "the next 11 years" to work there.

" I have to do something I'm unemployed," he joked, referring to the end of the latest movie "Avengers: Endgame."