Robert Downey Jr. is famous for being a beloved Hollywood actor, but now he is adding "robotics environmentalist" to his list of good qualities. Earlier this week, the Iron Man actor took to the stage at the Amazon Re: Mars conference in Las Vegas to announce the creation of his new foundation which will use nanotechnology (纳米技术) and robotics as a means of cleaning up the planet.
Downey Jr. did not show many details on how the organization will begin its clean-up job, but a website went live shortly after the actor's announcement. As of right now, the website only includes a sign-up sheet for future newsletters and latest news, but Downey Jr. says that he will be spending the next 11 months working together with UN experts and building up the organization so the group can get to work by April 2020.
After that, Downey Jr. says that "between robotics and nanotechnology we could probably clean up the planet noticeably, if not entirely, within a decade." Downey Jr. also explained how his failure to look after the environment in the past is now inspiring him to take action, "I have this quiet sense of crisis (危机)," he said, according to reporters. "I'm a person who spends a lot of energy on things like plane trips, but I want to change." Regardless of the actor's plan, Downey Jr's net worth is about $81 million-more than enough to start tidying up the planet.
The Re: Mars conference, which stands for "Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space", hosted a lot of speakers who gave lectures on the benefits of artificial intelligence. In addition to announcing the start of his organization, Downey Jr. also talked about how he and his wife Susan will be the managing producers of a new documentary series on the wonders of AI.
D . Popular.
