一位AI研究者40年跨界经历，分享行业变迁与职业启示。
My Life in Artificial Intelligence: People, anecdotes, and some lessons learnt
- 以个人经历为主线，回顾横跨多国的学术与产业生涯。
- 强调好奇心与时代背景对研究方向选择的关键影响。
- 适合年轻学者参考，了解AI发展中的真实故事与决策逻辑。
本文是一篇极具个人色彩的自传式记述，作者回顾了自己在人工智能（特别是自然语言处理）领域长达40年的研究与教育生涯。文章描述了好奇心以及时代背景如何引导其在荷兰（阿姆斯特丹、埃因霍温、乌得勒支）、美国（斯坦福）、英国（布莱顿、阿伯丁）和中国（北京、哈尔滨）等多地的学术与工业界之间穿梭。人物轶事贯穿全文，构成了人工智能发展历史的生动注脚。内容聚焦于对年轻同行可能具有启发意义的经验与抉择，尤其在当前人工智能正走出低谷、迎来新发展的关键时期。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In this very personal workography, I relate my 40-year experiences as a researcher and educator in and around Artificial Intelligence (AI), more specifically Natural Language Processing. I describe how curiosity, and the circumstances of the day, led me to work in both industry and academia, and in various countries, including The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and Utrecht), the USA (Stanford), England (Brighton), Scotland (Aberdeen), and China (Beijing and Harbin). People and anecdotes play a large role in my story; the history of AI forms its backdrop. I focus on things that might be of interest to (even) younger colleagues, given the choices they face in their own work and life at a time when AI is finally emerging from the shadows.
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