「愛台灣,我的選擇」系列第三發💞
💟「我在大學選修華語時,有一本課本就叫做「今日台灣」,但我第一次真正到台灣是來上美國國務院的華語課程。大家都喜歡來台灣學華語,但我想要看得更多,做得更多,所以我後來選擇派駐台灣,擔任經濟組的副組長。經濟組的工作著重於建立美台的經濟關係,這個經濟關係涵蓋各種正在改變世界未來樣貌的領域。我們致力於公衛、資安、數位經濟等議題,並探究如何在印太區域及更廣泛的區域,確保安全的技術,並建立安全的供應鏈。台灣人才輩出,讓我深受啟發,台灣人民就是台灣最大的財富;人才對經濟也非常重要,經濟要能蓬勃發展需要有才華、有創意的人才,而台灣就有這樣的人力資源。我曾經在投資銀行、國際開發和財金等產業工作過,所以我很希望能以我對金融業發展的觀察,協助台灣和美國的新創公司獲得創投資金,進而改變後代與數位科技互動的模式。除了專業上的興趣之外,我也熱愛大自然,我認為人類應該要與大自然有所連結,而台灣就有這樣的自然環境。我一直以來都很想觀察野鳥,但我早上常常爬不起來,可是在台灣就不必早起了,因為每天都有各式各樣美麗的鳥兒飛到我陽明山上家裡的後院!」
⭐️邵藹帝女士是名資深美國外交官,目前擔任美國在台協會經濟組副組長。在此之前,邵藹帝女士曾於美國駐上海總領事館負責推動美國經濟政策,並曾於華府任職於美國國務院的南亞及中亞事務局,以及美國駐科威特大使館。在擔任外交官之前,邵藹帝女士曾於香港及紐約的投資銀行任職,她也曾於世界銀行在印度的國際金融公司擔任顧問。邵藹帝女士先後於美國約翰霍普金斯大學取得學士學位及高級國際研究學院碩士學位。她來自伊利諾州,通曉中文、阿拉伯語及印度語。
Why I Chose Taiwan #3
💟"When I started studying Chinese as an undergrad, we had a whole book on Taiwan Today. The first time I actually came to Taiwan was studying Chinese with the State Department. Everybody loves coming here for language, but I wanted to see and do more. That’s what brought me back this time around, as the Deputy Director of the Economic Section. We focus on building up the U.S.-Taiwan economic relationship, which spans across so many different areas that I think are changing the future shape of the world. We are focused on health, cyber issues, digital economy, how do we ensure that technologies are secure, how do we build secure supply chains throughout the Indo-Pacific, and more. Taiwan has such talented people, and so that really inspires me. Taiwan’s people are its greatest asset. For the economy, you really need talented, creative people, and they are here in Taiwan. I have a very eclectic background in investment banking, international development, finance, and so how do I tap into the way I’ve seen financial industries develop to help Taiwan and the U.S. now get venture capital funding for future startups that are really going to change the way that our kids interact with the digital world? Aside from my professional interest in Taiwan, I love nature, I think it’s really important that humans have a connection with nature, and Taiwan provides that. I’ve always wanted to be a bird-watcher but I’m not good at waking up early in the morning to go out looking for birds. But here I don’t need to, because there are always all different kinds of beautiful birds that come to my own back yard in Yangmingshan!"
⭐️Arati Shroff is a career U.S. diplomat and is currently the Deputy Economic Chief at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei. In her previous overseas assignment, Arati advanced U.S. economic policy at U.S. Consulate Shanghai. She has also served in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asia in Washington D.C., at U.S. Embassy Kuwait. Prior to her diplomatic career, Arati worked in investment banking in Hong Kong and New York. She was previously a consultant with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in India. Arati earned a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Originally from the state of Illinois, Arati speaks Chinese, Arabic, and Hindi.
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最近,我在「TIME時代」雜志的專欄文章裡,向全球的讀者介紹了大陸「世界工廠」的+AI自動化升級。隨著勞動力成本的上漲,工業自動化、智慧化勢必是大陸製造業的一劑特效藥。自動化能讓運營成本下降,但仍能讓中國大陸保持生產品質、流程、供應鏈維度的優勢。AI賦能產業升級的願景或許還需多年才能實現,但當下的大陸已經讓未來可期。
以下是專欄文章全文,經TIME授權翻譯轉載:
「中國世界工廠 + AI 的未來」
多年來,中國大陸一直被喻為「世界工廠」,即便在全球其他經濟體紛紛遭遇新冠疫情重擊的2020年,大陸製造產業仍然維持穩健的增長范式,全年產值高達3.854萬億美元,占到全球市場近三分之一。
但如果你腦中的大陸工廠是傳統的「血汗工廠」,是時候修正你的刻板印象了。大陸經濟已經迅速地從疫情衝擊下復蘇,疫情同時催化了各種各樣人工智慧(AI)的應用場景加速實現。自2014年以來,中國大陸的AI專利申請量已經超越美國,至今維持全球領先。在學術領域,中國大陸的AI研究論文發表數量、AI期刊的引用量,也雙雙在近年超過了美國。在產業方面,AI應用在大陸的落地速度超越世界其他國家和地區,具有商業價值的AI應用如今開始百花齊放,整合了軟體、硬體和機器人技術的新一代自動化揭開序曲,AI賦能傳統行業的能量,正在蓄勢待發地重塑各行各業。
人類社會至今經歷了三次不同的工業革命:蒸汽革命、電力革命和資訊革命。我相信,AI將會是推動全球第四次工業革命的核心引擎,在世界各地點燃數位化和自動化的變革,而這波前所未有的硬科技浪潮,將由中國來引領實踐。
由於勞動人口減少和新增人口放緩,中國大陸的傳統產業正面臨著勞動力成本上升的巨大壓力,AI正是解決這個難題的技術解答。人工智慧不僅能夠降低運營成本,提高生產效率,擴大整體產能,還有望能帶來收入的增長。
例如,創新工場投資的廣州極飛科技是一家致力於未來農業的AI科技公司,極飛將無人機、機器人和感測器部署在稻田、麥田和棉花田裡,用技術賦能農業中的播種、農藥噴灑、栽種管理、甚至天氣監測環節。用於作物噴灑的極飛科技R150農業無人車已經被推廣到了英國,應用在蘋果、草莓、黑莓等多種經濟作物的種植流程中。
一些大陸的創新公司正積極把機器人拓展到意想不到的場景。總部位於北京的鎂伽是創新工場投資的生命科學智慧自動化公司,他們和實驗室、製藥公司、高校合作,憑藉AI+機器人技術的積累,用自動化解決方案執行實驗室中勞動密集、重複性高、但需要高度精確的任務和流程,同時機器人作業也將盡最大可能保護實驗室人員降低實驗過程中的感染風險。
除了創業公司,我們看到幾家成熟的龍頭企業也開始積極擁抱AI。創新工場參與了有28年歷史的中力電動叉車,這家頭部的鋰電叉車製造商已經推出了能夠在工廠、倉庫自主運行的無人叉車,並且無需對運行環境進行改造,能快速實現從手動到電動到自動駕駛的搬運賦能創新。此外,擁有50多年歷史的領先客車製造商-宇通集團,與自動駕駛獨角獸企業-文遠知行戰略合作,已在大陸三個城市的馬路上運行全無人駕駛小巴。
接著會發生什麼?我大膽預見,在更長遠的未來,機器人和AI將接管大多數產品的製造、設計、交付甚至營銷——很可能將生產成本降低到和原物料成本相差無幾。未來的機器人有能力自我複製和自我修復,甚至做到部分自我反覆運算設計。房屋和公寓將交由AI主導設計,使用預製建築模塊,交由機器人像搭積木似地築樓蓋房。無人公交、無人摩托等隨傳隨到的自動化未來交通系統,能將我們安全無虞地送達想去的地方。
這些願景成為現實或許還需要多年,但此時的大陸正在積極鋪墊引領新一代自動化革命的基石。可期的是,中國工廠的實力將不僅僅體現在產能上,而將逐步彰顯在智慧上。
本文經「TIME時代」授權進行中文編譯,原文如下:
China Is Still the World's Factory — And It's Designing the Future With AI
BY KAI-FU LEE
For many years now, China has been the world’s factory. Even in 2020, as other economies struggled with the effects of the pandemic, China’s manufacturing output was $3.854 trillion, up from the previous year, accounting for nearly a third of the global market.
But if you are still thinking of China’s factories as sweatshops, it’s probably time to change your perception. The Chinese economic recovery from its short-lived pandemic blip has been boosted by its world-beating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). After overtaking the U.S. in 2014, China now has a significant lead over the rest of the world in AI patent applications. In academia, China recently surpassed the U.S. in the number of both AI research publications and journal citations. Commercial applications are flourishing: a new wave of automation and AI infusion is crashing across a swath of sectors, combining software, hardware and robotics.
As a society, we have experienced three distinct industrial revolutions: steam power, electricity and information technology. I believe AI is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution globally, digitizing and automating everywhere. China is at the forefront in manifesting this unprecedented change.
Chinese traditional industries are confronting rising labor costs thanks to a declining working population and slowing population growth. The answer is AI, which reduces operational costs, enhances efficiency and productivity, and generates revenue growth.
For example, Guangzhou-based agricultural-technology company XAG, a Sinovation Ventures portfolio company, is sending drones, robots and sensors to rice, wheat and cotton fields, automating seeding, pesticide spraying, crop development and weather monitoring. XAG’s R150 autonomous vehicle, which sprays crops, has recently been deployed in the U.K. to be used on apples, strawberries and blackberries.
Some companies are rolling out robots in new and unexpected sectors. MegaRobo, a Beijing-based life-science automation company also backed by Sinovation Ventures, designs AI and robots to safely perform repetitive and precise laboratory work in universities, pharmaceutical companies and more, reducing to zero the infection risk to lab workers.
It’s not just startups; established market leaders are also leaning into AI. EP Equipment, a manufacturer of lithium-powered warehouse forklifts founded in Hangzhou 28 years ago, has with Sinovation Ventures’ backing launched autonomous models that are able to maneuver themselves in factories and on warehouse floors. Additionally Yutong Group, a leading bus manufacturer with over 50 years’ history, already has a driverless Mini Robobus on the streets of three cities in partnership with autonomous vehicle unicorn WeRide.
Where is all this headed? I can foresee a time when robots and AI will take over the manufacturing, design, delivery and even marketing of most goods—potentially reducing costs to a small increment over the cost of materials. Robots will become self-replicating, self-repairing and even partially self-designing. Houses and apartment buildings will be designed by AI and use prefabricated modules that robots put together like toy blocks. And just-in-time autonomous public transportation, from robo-buses to robo-scooters, will take us anywhere we want to go.
It will be years before these visions of the future enter the mainstream. But China is laying the groundwork right now, setting itself up to be a leader not only in how much it manufactures, but also in how intelligently it does it.
Source:https://time.com/6084158/china-ai-factory-future/
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矽谷年度大會TechCrunch來了 我參加四次 - 從採購大爺到推銷小妹
今天開始了為期一週的矽谷年度大事:TechCrunch Disrupt,最有名的新創展會,在美劇「矽谷群瞎傳」裡面,團隊上台簡報就是這個活動。
這是我第四次參加展會,第一次是去當觀眾朝聖,坦白說看不懂,只覺得能打卡就是光榮。
第二次是在eBay工作期間去「採購」,參加紐約場,看看有沒有什麼廠商的產品可以用,當時已經在大公司多年,每天都有很多很成熟的廠商來推銷,只覺得展會的廠商都很爛(早期),我從矽谷出發,跟邁阿密的老闆一起飛紐約,一人花了兩千美金的門票,結果三天的活動,我們只看了不到半天,就到附近吃pizza草草離開。
第三次是去年受邀去當新創導師,演講還有幫團隊做行前特訓,在臉書、eBay等大公司工作十多年,那是我第一次深入接觸新創圈,突然覺得自己受到很大的啟發,在混亂、不光鮮的新創圈,有滿滿的創意、理想和影響力。發現自己好像在矽谷住了八年,卻活在大公司的泡泡裡,少活了一半的矽谷生態圈。
今年則是以講座主持人和新創團隊的角色前往。能站上舞台(虛擬展會螢幕前)做簡報,坦白說,有很多感觸,我也說不上來是什麼,大概是覺得自己很老又回到學校上課的那種緊張和興奮吧!
出書以後,我收到很多人的來信,幾乎每個人都說職涯最大的夢想,就是進臉書谷歌,大家也知道,這些公司(其實很多小公司待遇更好)有個五年以上經驗,年薪都是一兩千萬台幣(含股票獎金,稅三分之一)。
坦白說,我也不知道自己是不是走進苦海,還是在闖出另一片天的起點,很確定的是,因為過去存款多半繳學貸,我不是有錢有閒,但如果失敗,我也不是沒有兩把刷子不能回到企業。其他的,就先不想了。
如果你也想來感受一下那些臉書、谷歌從零開始的起點,但又不想花錢買票,這周我會做幾場跟台灣團隊相關的直播,加減來沾沾矽谷風吧!
✅ 台灣IoT等新創團隊簡報+美國最大電信業者Verizon物聯網專家評論
9/14週一
美西時間 12-12:30pm
倫敦時間 8-8:30pm
英文場
✅ 台灣AI新創團隊簡報+美國AI創投評論
9/15週二
美西時間 12-12:30pm
倫敦時間 8-8:30pm
英文場。這場會看到阿雅簡報~
✅ 美國頂尖加速器500 Startups女性領導人演講+醫療科技創投講座
美西時間 9/15 週二 9-10:30am
台灣時間 9/16 週三 12-1:30am
英文場
✅ 矽谷So What:續攤派對 阿雅訪談參展新創
美西時間 9/17 週四 9-10pm
台灣時間 9/18 週五 12-1pm
中文場
👉🏻 後記:需要請慢用,但切記,不要想一步登天,先蹲再跳,要成功,不要怕手髒,從小職位、實習、小公司做起,有動手就是比有夢強。
臉書、谷歌、亞馬遜產品經理薪水比較 https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon,Google,Facebook&track=Product%20Manager
臉書、谷歌、亞馬遜、蘋果工程師薪水比較
https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon,Apple,Google,Facebook&track=Software%20Engineer
臉書、谷歌、亞馬遜、Linkedin設計師薪水比較
https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=LinkedIn,Amazon,Google,Facebook&track=Product%20Designer
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