哈佛法学院毕业、三体英译者|Ken Liu: Art in the Age of AI(Feb 13, 2025)

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Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his novel translations and original short fiction. Liu's short story "The Paper Menagerie" is the first work of fiction, of any length, to win all of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Besides his original work, Liu's translation of Liu Cixin's Chinese language novel The Three-Body Problem (the first in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy) won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, making it the first translated novel to have won the award.

He studied English Literature and Computer Science at Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Law School.


 

00:00 Meet Ken Liu: Acclaimed Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writer

04:25 The Immigrant Experience and Cultural Perspectives

09:22 Harvard, MSFT, HLS, Litigation

15:01 The Art of Storytelling and Technology

34:03 Controversy in AI Reasoning

34:31 Technology Outstripping Science

35:22 AI and the Arts

38:30 The Future of AI in Art

42:44 AI's Role in Creative Processes

50:04 Art, Automation, and Society

57:31 Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy

01:03:06 The Genius of Philip K. Dick

Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.

 

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English literature and computer science, 太牛了! -rr6mumu- 给 rr6mumu 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2025 postreply 21:07:59

经历计算机 英语 法律的探索后 后终于找到了Passion: 中文小说翻译 -挖矿- 给 挖矿 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 03:19:21

算是英语大类吧,我估计从小应该是很擅长写作,但是又不敢全力追逐passion -两女宝妈- 给 两女宝妈 发送悄悄话 两女宝妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 05:50:15

正常人估计还是愿意狡兔三窟,而不是孤注一掷。规避风险是本能吧 -两女宝妈- 给 两女宝妈 发送悄悄话 两女宝妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 05:55:11

说句实话,语言达到这个水平可比学个CS专业找工作难太多了 -天意悠悠- 给 天意悠悠 发送悄悄话 天意悠悠 的博客首页 (132 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 05:58:05

哦,明白了。你是想说语言达到这个水平需要天赋高很多。的确如此 -两女宝妈- 给 两女宝妈 发送悄悄话 两女宝妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 05:59:12

可能对你家语言牛娃容易一些? -天意悠悠- 给 天意悠悠 发送悄悄话 天意悠悠 的博客首页 (358 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 06:02:21

所以我特别理解这个人为啥学文学和CS两个专业,大概率CS当时就是用来规避风险而不是真爱。我家小的前两三年写作,现在搞 -两女宝妈- 给 两女宝妈 发送悄悄话 两女宝妈 的博客首页 (102 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 06:06:18

游戏概念设计和游戏艺术概念设计是两个不同的方向,你说的是第一个? -jingzhumama- 给 jingzhumama 发送悄悄话 jingzhumama 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 07:28:21

擅长理工科还是让家长觉得人生会更保险一些 -两女宝妈- 给 两女宝妈 发送悄悄话 两女宝妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 06:09:38

你家牛娃文理科都好,写作绘画都有天赋。以后大有可为。 -小松松- 给 小松松 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 08:03:01

他说他也很enjoy高科技和做律师。这个人是个高智商导致的overachiever。我理解他写作是因为他11岁移民美国, -香草仙子- 给 香草仙子 发送悄悄话 香草仙子 的博客首页 (345 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 07:29:56

感谢分享! -香草仙子- 给 香草仙子 发送悄悄话 香草仙子 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 07:12:17

Ken Liu的分享非常inspiring and deep.Love it. -HappyWed- 给 HappyWed 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 10:05:50

太棒了,感谢分享!我是他的粉 -成功的小老鼠- 给 成功的小老鼠 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2025 postreply 11:23:15

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