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"Software is eating the world" -- Andreesen Horowitz
"軟體正在蠶食這個世界” -- 知名創投家 Andresen Horowitz
這幾週的新聞裡面,突然出現了各國的汽車產業發現晶片產能不夠的問題,在因著中美貿易戰,疫情,以及5G通訊與人工智慧等新趨勢,讓半導體晶片的戰略重要性浮出檯面。這時受到擠壓的汽車產業,也突然警覺到產能不足會迫使他們停產的危險。種種現象說明一件已經發展了很久的事情,那就是車子越來越像是裝上4個輪子的手機,基本上也屬於科技業的一份子了。
這本書跟我一年前讀到關於自動駕駛的書"Autonomy" 所討論的題目是一樣的,但兩本書從非常不同的角度來探討自動駕駛的歷史以及它的未來。前者是有通用汽車的前技術長所著,很生動描述多年汽車產業老將,初次見到科技業橫衝直撞的膽戰心驚(也有很多人覺得不屑)。這次這本書是矽谷科技媒體主編所寫的,更多著重在科技業的眼光,也花了很多篇幅寫到科技業之間強烈競爭,甚至是不惜偷竊以及對簿公堂的手段 (結果最近川普卸任前,還特赦了當中一名被告)
但兩者都寫到2004年美國國防部所舉辦的DARPA Grand Challenge (超級挑戰賽)。這個從國防角度,登高一呼舉辦的無人駕駛大賽,竟然吸引了無數隱藏的機器人和科幻影片狂熱者參加。之前一本書比較多描述他們在技術上以及團隊合作中的辛苦,今天這本書更多去描繪整個比賽過程接近荒謬的戲劇性。包括的一場比賽中眾多的自動駕駛機器人,看起來像是從電子零件專賣店跑出來的鐘樓怪人 (其中有一組參賽者用浴缸做成的機器人)。還有主辦單位為了因應動物保育團體的要求,需要避免比賽途中壓到沙漠中保育類的烏龜。各組競賽者後來發現,預作完整的地圖是勝利的重要關鍵,於是徵召人手先做地表調查,甚至使用古代馬車快遞的徵召令,尋找 “年輕男性,身材精瘦結實,最好父母雙亡沒有家累” 的勇士來加入這場瘋狂的比賽。
這本書作者過去一個月中許多的採訪,常常被問到科技業者說無人駕駛會拯救性命,但多年後的現在,這些號稱無人駕駛的車仍然有人在駕駛座上,而不要說拯救性命甚至還產生了一些意外。這一切都鮮明了所謂“莫拉維克悖” (Moravec's paradox)的真實性,就是機器擅長做人們覺得很難的事情(例如打敗棋王),但是卻很難做到小小孩都可以做的事情(例如自在的在路面上走路或是拿取東西)。這一切讓所有科技公司面向自動駕駛都不斷修正自己的定調,不像之前一般動不動就發下豪語。
雖然超級大挑戰並沒有在重金獎賞之下,找到自動駕駛樂成功的關鍵秘密,卻成功的挑起了各路英雄好漢挑戰他的決心,也是為什麼這本書的書名“Driven" 非常有意思,雙關的指著“駕駛”以及那種“自主驅動的力量”。書中也提到想像力的重要,在馬車的時代當人們第一次看到汽車,就說他們是“沒有馬的車” (horseless carriages)。在技術成熟之後才稱呼為汽車(cars)。在自動駕駛競賽開始時,人們總是稱為無人駕駛,也就是原本的型態,只是把駕駛人移除而已,或許這某一程度也限制了大家的想像。其實各路英雄好漢如此被這個主題吸引,真的是因為 “行” 在日常生活當中極大的一塊。能夠顛覆這個巨大的需要,肯定是兵家必勝的一塊地,不論是個人,或是企業,甚至是國家。
“The ignominious end of the 2004 Grand Challenge was just the start of a much greater race . No one has reached the finish line yet, no one is sure where it lies, exactly. But many are racing toward it. Someday, somehow, some of them will get there”
“2004 年超級挑戰賽難堪的結果,只不過是一場更大競賽的開始。沒有人抵達終點線甚至沒有人知道終點線實際上在哪裡。但總有一天,總有辦法,總會有一些人,走到哪一步”
全文與相關報導連結在部落格中👇👇👇
https://dushuyizhi.net/driven-兵家必爭的自動駕駛/
#Driven #AlexDavies #autonomousdriving #Autonomouscars #自動駕駛 #無人駕駛 #DARPA #GrandChallenge #ArtificialIntelligence #人工智慧
ignominious 在 浩爾譯世界 Facebook 的精選貼文
【Sonny老師雙語學堂:
英文寫作3大誤區!台灣學生該如何克服?】
好文轉載自:
Sonny老師的翻譯&教學札記
Sonny老師的英文寫作指南
https://hahow.in/cr/sonny-eng-writing1
英文寫作要寫得好並不容易
但有些錯誤觀念是可以避免的
Sonny老師整理出台灣學生
最常誤觸的英文寫作3大誤區
你中了哪些/幾個字呢?
1. 先想中文、再翻成英文 ❌
「英文寫作」和「中翻英」
是兩種截然不同的過程
#語序 和 #敘事邏輯 也不同
即使字彙和句型使用正確
英美人士通篇讀起來
仍會覺得怪異
即使你會的單字、句型有限
還是可以嘗試 #直接用英文寫作
儘管句子很簡單,也沒關係
先求有,再求好
只要基本的骨幹架構有英文的樣子
要加深、要修飾都容易
2. 埋兵伏將,拐彎抹角 ❌
中文寫作時
我們習慣在 #前面鋪很多梗
好讓後面的重點更有說服力
但英文寫作(尤其是 e-mail)
習慣「打個招呼就盡快講重點」
太多的鋪陳客套
會讓讀者覺得有點煩
不管是目的性強的商務書信
或考試時寫的議論文
都要 #儘快點明主旨、表達立場
3. 矯枉過正的難字 ❌
用難字,會讓我的文章更有學問?
有趣的是,事實剛好相反
史丹佛大學
Oppenheimer 博士的研究中
讓 35 位英文母語者
閱讀用字艱澀、和用字簡單的文章
結果受試者普遍認為
用字簡單的作者智商比較高!
因此建議你避開罕用的長難字
選用一些 #報章雜誌常看到 的字詞
例如:
說 shameful 會比
ignominious (可恥的)更好懂
說 bad-tempered 會比
curmudgeon (脾氣很差)更直接
我聽說過一個最極端的例子:
只是要形容「隔壁失火」
卻說成 The adjacent residence is engulfed in a pyrogenic conflagration.
—>「鄰宅正遭祝融之殃」
整個矯枉過正XD
所以結論:
單字這種東西
用得難,不如用得準、用得巧!
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想知道更多常犯的寫作錯誤?
詳細解答和加分秘訣
都在Sonny 老師專為台灣學生
設計的英文寫作指南!
https://hahow.in/cr/sonny-eng-writing1
你也誤用過某個「難字」、寫過怪異的英文句子嗎?
歡迎留言給我分享!
#Sonny老師的每週好文
#開放矯枉過正的你各位留言
#誤區的關鍵其實更是文化差異
ignominious 在 Khairy Jamaluddin Facebook 的精選貼文
The Resignation of Azman Mokhtar and the Khazanah Board
The viral images of the sendoff Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar received from his colleagues yesterday were telling. It shows a leader who is much respected and appreciated. It certainly did not show someone leaving in ignominious circumstances.
From what I know, Azman was not even given an appointment to brief the new Prime Minister since the last general election. For more than two months, the managing director of our nation’s sovereign wealth fund was denied the opportunity to even meet and brief the Prime Minister.
This also resulted in the Khazanah board not being able to convene its meetings.
The message was simple: We want you out but we are not going to get our hands dirty since there are no real grounds for your dismissal.
The Khazanah board understood the message. And being the responsible individuals they are, they offered their resignations en bloc.
A new board was then appointed and subsequently announced by the Prime Minister’s Office. This in itself is odd. Khazanah is almost entirely owned by the Ministry of Finance Inc. Any board appointments must be signed off and announced by the Minister of Finance, not the Prime Minister. But this was not done, even though the Pakatan Harapan government has promised not to concentrate too much power in the Prime Minister’s Office.
At the same time, the government’s PR strategy has been to focus on the few losses during Azman’s tenure from the investment in UBS to a company selling lingerie on-line. This is designed to embarrass and deflect from the real numbers that we should be concerned with: Khazanah’s realisable asset value grew from RM 65bn in 2004 to RM157bn at the end of 2017. Its net worth adjusted (which takes out liabilities and dividends paid to the Government) was RM47bn in 2004. At the end of last year it was RM115.6bn. That is Azman’s legacy. Not the smaller losses that have been highlighted to smear his tenure and reputation.
Another one of Azman’s legacy is succession planning. A leader is only as good as the success of his successor. In December last year, Azman appointed two deputies, one of whom will most likely succeed him in May when his contract expires. I hope the two deputy MDs will be among those considered to take over to ensure continuity in executing Khazanah’s mandate as the nation’s sovereign wealth fund.
As I have mentioned previously, Khazanah is now a success story which began with Azman’s appointment in 2004. We must guard against any attempts to break it up and replace it with the crony capitalism of 1990s Malaysia Inc.
Khazanah has gone from being a mere holding entity to a strategic investor looking at opportunities that can realise greater returns and also promote Malaysia’s economy and corporations. They have built a human resource pool of talented managers and executives.
The Opposition will be monitoring the Government’s next moves very closely.
Khairy Jamaluddin
1 August, 2018