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Venture Capital: Game of Thrones

In the era of AI, everyone is searching for their long-term value in the middle of immense noise. Venture capital itself is no exception. I still remember [the moment](https://www.hannieliu.com/story/250808-day0-vc) I became seriously interested in this industry and began to see it as the next field I wanted to go deep in for the long run. I wrote an article exploring whether vc could be…

Orchestrating Presence: The Arch of Social Capital

Five months, four platforms, one clear lesson: authentic two-way interactions beat automated one-way broadcasting every time. Six practical strategies for building genuine social capital in an AI-saturated world.

What's Missing in Today's Search Engines? Exploring the Role of AI

## Background I was born in 1990, the same year that the first search engine, [Archie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_(search_engine)), was born. When I was in elementary school, I was always excited to find the latest information from [Lycos](https://www.lycos.com/) (or [Ask Jeeves](https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/ask-jeeves-2000#google_vignette) in the later years). Consequently,…

Knowing Where-From: Understanding the Trajectory of Tool Use

## Background When I was trying to find the tools to help me solve problems, I found so many scattered across the internet. The [meme](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:960/1*tIDnaCfEWFbMpTEH3UIaqg.jpeg) came to my mind. Some people seem naturally good at using tools or finding resoruces, while others aren't. I wonder what the difference is and what will it affects different aspects of life.…

Five Stages Towards Co-Existence: Humans and AI in Harmony

As a child, I was fascinated by technology. I remember when I was five, I was a lazy helper in my grandpa's restaurant. My mom worried that I would be a person who finds no job when I grow up. I told her I would be an engineer and invent a lot of machines to help me handle jobs and chores. (And I drafted a design diagram for an automated noodle production line, from making the noodles to cooking…

Fireside | From Supercomputing to Software feat. Kevin from AMD

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/i6TLm_LNq9A?si=5IOxAF6Xgd52HVah) ## Takeaways - Building data center is similar to planning a small town, requiring careful planning and consideration of various factors, including power consumption, space requirements, and cooling solutions. - Understanding the AI landscape and identifying the positioning is crucial for success in AI software…

Measuring AI Success by the Value It Brings to Users

As a software tool enthusiast, it's no surprise that I'm a premium paid user of all three top-tier Large Language Models (LLMs) in the world (or is it?). My first paid membership was for OpenAI's ChatGPT. I was willing to pay for access to the latest model and its marketplace of plugin extensions (although the marketplace has since disappeared). Then, Google, not wanting to be left behind,…

Three Films That Reshaped My Understanding of AI

Besides Black Mirror, there are three movies released in 2023 have profoundly impacted my core values and beliefs about AI.

Speaker | AI Ethics and Excellence

[Watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/32ILmdfKmaY?si=kmqUjnVjfJYQdh1I) ## Takeaways - Bias in AI is a reflection of societal bias - Open-source is crucial for addressing misinformation - AI as a tool for unleashing creativity and productivity ## Insights As a speaker, I shared that societal biases are reflected in AI, and we must acknowledge that. In my work with computer vision, it's clear that the…