【Market Commentary】Recently, there have been signs of a reemergence of the pandemic in China. For instance, as of last month, a total of 12 provinces were affected, including major iPhone production sites Henan and Suzhou.

Smartphone assembly plants, be they primary or secondary, generally have sufficient safety standards (thanks to experience from last year), meaning the pandemic’s impact on smartphone manufacturing should be controllable unless a large-scale outbreak occurs.

Hence, TrendForce does not expect, at least for now, the latest wave of COVID-19 in China to hamper smartphone production, which is expected to fall between 85-90 million units for 2H21, while annual production for 2021 is expected to reach 225-230 million units.

解鎖新技能，美科學家開發可發揮想像力的人工智慧系統

作者 Alan Chen | 發布日期 2021 年 07 月 21 日 9:48 |

雖然近年來，AI 已經在一些領域發揮超越人類的能力，例如計算、下棋、邏輯推理等，但仍然有許多功能還無法與人腦比擬。近期美國南加州大學研究團隊發表了一項研究成果，展示了可以發揮想像力的 AI 系統，讓機器學習領域出現新的突破。

在人的腦中，可以自由的根據過往經驗，以及人事物的各項特質，憑空想像出不同的場景、動作與畫面，但對於機器來說是一項非常困難的任務，因此南加州大學（University of Southern California，USC）團隊，在今年度「國際機器學習展示會議」（International Conference on Learning Representations，ICLR）發表 AI 想像力系統。

「人類的大腦可以輕易的解構過往學習到的人事物，並且根據不同的特徵－例如形狀、姿態、位置和顏色等，重新合成現實不存在的新圖像。」團隊中的博士生 Yunhao Ge 表示，透過人工神經網路技術，他們設計出一套可以發揮想像能力的 AI 系統。

目前的 AI 系統，如果要自動產生某種圖像，例如人臉，必須先設計出一套演算法，並提供一定數量的人像，讓機器透過演算法學習人臉的各項特徵，之後就能夠自行產生各種虛擬人像。但現有技術的限制在於，系統雖然可以產生無數的虛擬人像，但無法產生與人無關的事物，或是讓虛擬的人處在不同情境中。

研究團隊使用機器學習「脫鉤」（Disentanglement）的概念，這項概念最著名的運用就是「Deepfake」技術，Deepfake 可以將不同人事物的外形、動作和情境分開學習，並用演算法重新創造出一組虛擬的人事物，且進行不同的動態。

因此團隊捨棄傳統演算法使用的單張圖片學習方式，一次用一組互無關聯的圖片，讓 AI 運用脫鉤概念進行特徵分析，從而創造出 AI 進行想像的能力，團隊稱這種想像力為「可控脫鉤圖像學習」（Controllable Disentanglement Representation Learning）。

「透過演算法，AI 能夠隨意的把變形金剛裡面的大黃蜂、柯博文與時代廣場結合起來，產生大黃蜂顏色的柯博文卡車在時代廣場旁行駛的圖片。」領導團隊的 Laurant Itti 博士表示，這項成果相較於傳統的圖像產生 AI 來說，有更多聯想能力，能把更多元素同時帶進演算法，讓機器產出更豐富的畫面。

團隊同時也指出，這項技術對醫藥領域也有相當大潛力，透過 AI 脫鉤聯想能力，機器能同時分析成千上萬種不同藥物或生化物質的特性，並透過分析與重組，合成出新的藥物配方，大量減少新藥物研發的時間，可為人類健康帶來許多幫助。

附圖：▲ 目前的 AI 雖然能夠產生完美的虛擬人臉，但無法模擬人臉以外事物。（Source：The Verge）
▲ 帶領研究團隊的南加大教授 Laurent Itti。（Source：USC）

資料來源：https://technews.tw/2021/07/21/usc-developed-new-ai-system-that-can-imagine-things/

Thank you T-Motor MCK 1910kv motor very controllable.

#tmotorfpv
#MCK
#1910kv
#Blue
#FPV
#回顧一個月前
#在家好好防疫
#保護你我他們

Today I extol working out, because it is one of the few things we can control in life. It is kind of like an RPG IRL. Even things like making money and getting a job is not controllable, because it is limited by your race, looks, birth, etc.

----------------------------

The song in my intro and outro was done by Hyper Potions, and it is called Time Trials. You can check out the full song here: https://youtu.be/mnfNWe-HHsI.

Thank you for watching this video.
Please subscribe to my channel.

Learn Japanese with Detroit: Become Human
#1 https://youtu.be/sjfC44lwiow
#2 https://youtu.be/5g4ox7Y-GM0
#3 https://youtu.be/o3rhlp5X6WY
#4 https://youtu.be/as2HYFm-ZP4
#5 https://youtu.be/swWGkVz0Myo

【PLAYLIST】
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...


Detroit: Become Human is the latest interactive narrative game from Quantic Dream, makers of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.

Detroit: Become Human is an adventure game played from a third-person view,
which is subject to a set and controllable perspective.
There are multiple playable characters who can die as the story continues without them
as a result, there is no "game over" message following a character's death.
The right analogue stick on the DualShock controller is used to interact with objects and observe one's surroundings, the left is for movement, and R2 scans an environment for possible actions; the motion controls and touchpad are also employed. Via quick time events and dialogue decisions,
the story will branch out depending on which choices are made.
These can be viewed in a flowchart during and immediately after a given chapter;[16] the player can rewind to certain points in the story to reshape decisions in the event of regret.
Certain scenes feature countdowns, which force the player to think and act quickly.
Levels abound with magazines for players to read.

The playable characters are:
* Connor, a police investigator android tasked with hunting down androids that have deviated from their programmed behaviours.
*
* Kara, a housekeeper android who develops artificial consciousness and becomes responsible for a young girl's safety.
*
* Markus, a caretaker android who, after gaining consciousness, takes it upon himself to free others like him from bondage.
*
Obtaining clues by highlighting and analysing the environment with augmented vision allows Connor to reconstruct and replay events that occurred before.
The more information Connor collects within an allotted time,
the greater the chance of success in deciding a course of action.
Markus has the power to grant androids free will and calculate the outcomes of certain acts.

Caretaker android Markus and his owner return home and alert the police of a suspected burglary. In confronting the perpetrator, Markus bypasses his programming, thereby becoming a deviant android with full autonomy, leading the police to shoot him at arrival.
Markus awakes in a landfill of broken androids and, after escaping, discovers Jericho,
a wrecked ship and safe haven for deviants. There, Markus rallies the others to fight for their rights.
They perform several acts of civil disobedience, which catches the public's attention and gets more androids to join.
This culminates with the FBI attacking Jericho.
If he survives, Markus and the others set up a final march, resulting in either all of the deviants being killed or the president opening peace talks.
Police investigator android Connor is sent by the CyberLife corporation to assist Lieutenant Hank Anderson, an alcoholic who hates androids.
In the course of their investigation into an outbreak of deviants,
they either bond or fall apart,
potentially resulting in Hank committing suicide.
During his hunt for Markus' group, Connor starts to doubt himself, though he can stay firm in his beliefs.
He eventually locates Jericho,
where he can become a deviant himself.
If he defects, Connor infiltrates CyberLife Tower and converts everyone there into deviants. If not, he attempts to snipe Markus during the final protest, but is stopped by a SWAT team or Hank. In the end, if peace is achieved, Connor can choose whether or not to shoot Markus during a speech.
Kara, a housekeeper android for Todd Williams and his daughter Alice,escapes with her after he attacks them and leaves Kara a deviant.
The two travel across Detroit, intending to make it to Canada, which has no specific laws involving androids and where they will be safe. Kara and Alice befriend another android named Luther along the way, who joins them on their journey.
They seek the aid of an android sympathiser, who points them to Jericho to obtain passports.
They get caught up in the attack there, which may result in Luther, Kara, and Alice's deaths. Kara also learns that Alice is in fact an android, replacing the daughter taken away by Todd's wife.
They can make it to Canada by bus or boat, survive a recycling centre, or in either case die trying.

Thank you for watching this video.
Please subscribe to my channel.

Learn Japanese with Detroit: Become Human
#1 https://youtu.be/sjfC44lwiow
#2 https://youtu.be/5g4ox7Y-GM0
#3 https://youtu.be/o3rhlp5X6WY
#4 https://youtu.be/as2HYFm-ZP4
#5 https://youtu.be/swWGkVz0Myo

【PLAYLIST】
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...


Detroit: Become Human is the latest interactive narrative game from Quantic Dream, makers of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.

Detroit: Become Human is an adventure game played from a third-person view,
which is subject to a set and controllable perspective.
There are multiple playable characters who can die as the story continues without them
as a result, there is no "game over" message following a character's death.
The right analogue stick on the DualShock controller is used to interact with objects and observe one's surroundings, the left is for movement, and R2 scans an environment for possible actions; the motion controls and touchpad are also employed. Via quick time events and dialogue decisions,
the story will branch out depending on which choices are made.
These can be viewed in a flowchart during and immediately after a given chapter;[16] the player can rewind to certain points in the story to reshape decisions in the event of regret.
Certain scenes feature countdowns, which force the player to think and act quickly.
Levels abound with magazines for players to read.

The playable characters are:
* Connor, a police investigator android tasked with hunting down androids that have deviated from their programmed behaviours.
*
* Kara, a housekeeper android who develops artificial consciousness and becomes responsible for a young girl's safety.
*
* Markus, a caretaker android who, after gaining consciousness, takes it upon himself to free others like him from bondage.
*
Obtaining clues by highlighting and analysing the environment with augmented vision allows Connor to reconstruct and replay events that occurred before.
The more information Connor collects within an allotted time,
the greater the chance of success in deciding a course of action.
Markus has the power to grant androids free will and calculate the outcomes of certain acts.

Caretaker android Markus and his owner return home and alert the police of a suspected burglary. In confronting the perpetrator, Markus bypasses his programming, thereby becoming a deviant android with full autonomy, leading the police to shoot him at arrival.
Markus awakes in a landfill of broken androids and, after escaping, discovers Jericho,
a wrecked ship and safe haven for deviants. There, Markus rallies the others to fight for their rights.
They perform several acts of civil disobedience, which catches the public's attention and gets more androids to join.
This culminates with the FBI attacking Jericho.
If he survives, Markus and the others set up a final march, resulting in either all of the deviants being killed or the president opening peace talks.
Police investigator android Connor is sent by the CyberLife corporation to assist Lieutenant Hank Anderson, an alcoholic who hates androids.
In the course of their investigation into an outbreak of deviants,
they either bond or fall apart,
potentially resulting in Hank committing suicide.
During his hunt for Markus' group, Connor starts to doubt himself, though he can stay firm in his beliefs.
He eventually locates Jericho,
where he can become a deviant himself.
If he defects, Connor infiltrates CyberLife Tower and converts everyone there into deviants. If not, he attempts to snipe Markus during the final protest, but is stopped by a SWAT team or Hank. In the end, if peace is achieved, Connor can choose whether or not to shoot Markus during a speech.
Kara, a housekeeper android for Todd Williams and his daughter Alice,escapes with her after he attacks them and leaves Kara a deviant.
The two travel across Detroit, intending to make it to Canada, which has no specific laws involving androids and where they will be safe. Kara and Alice befriend another android named Luther along the way, who joins them on their journey.
They seek the aid of an android sympathiser, who points them to Jericho to obtain passports.
They get caught up in the attack there, which may result in Luther, Kara, and Alice's deaths. Kara also learns that Alice is in fact an android, replacing the daughter taken away by Todd's wife.
They can make it to Canada by bus or boat, survive a recycling centre, or in either case die trying.