Brian's 340 Blog

Artificial Intelligence Researcher   By now, you must have heard of the term artificial intelligence one way or another. For those with a refined taste, you may recall classic films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey  or  The Terminator . In any case, the moral of the story is the same: don’t trust AI because it is inherently evil towards humans. This certainly makes for a good film plot, but isn’t very realistic. contrary to what mainstream media portrays, a look into my daily responsibilities as an artificial intelligence researcher might help paint a more accurate picture of what AI looks like today.     Artificial intelligence isn’t a specific subject, but a term to describe a broader field of studies. My job is a discipline within AI called natural language processing (NLP). I specialize in the study of relationships between human and computer languages. Ground-breaking as it may sound, I am sure that you are using it every day. For example, mundane tasks like s...

Q. Describe where you come from? A. “I come from the other side of the world” is what I usually tell people.  It works for people in Hong Kong since I was born in Los Angeles but also for people in Los Angeles since I was raised in Hong Kong.   Q. Tell me where you're going A. As of this moment, I am not going anywhere outside of my house because of COVID-19, though I do hope to be able to travel soon. Aside from that, I also hope to enter an industry that encompasses elements from both finance and technology. Perhaps that could mean exploring the fintech or venture capital spaces in the future.    Q. Tell me how you plan to get there? A. To travel, I will take an airplane. For my career path, that may be a bit more complicated. Right now, I co-own an entertainment company in Hong Kong and continue to look for investment opportunities in said sector alongside f&b. While I enjoy doing this, I continue to seek to find a job in finance upon graduation such that I ma...