雅虎(Yahoo)的前首席執(zhí)行官瑪麗莎·梅耶爾認為,人工智能即將在科技行業(yè)燃起一場毀滅之火,就像野火侵襲森林一樣。但她相信,正如景觀因為大自然循環(huán)的洗禮而愈顯生機,科技行業(yè)也終將會變得更加強大。
上周,《財富》科技頭腦風暴大會(Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference)在美國猶他州鹿谷(Deer Valley)舉辦。梅耶爾在會上說:“強壯的樹木和植被會存活下來,而所有雜草則會被清理干凈。這實際上是為將來健康地重生創(chuàng)造了條件。”
她表示:“沒有人愿意看到一家獲得資金投入且有所成就的公司走下坡路。但這最終會讓科技行業(yè)走向更健康的未來?!?/p>
梅耶爾在1999年成為谷歌(Google)的第20名員工并由此開啟了職業(yè)生涯,如今是消費者人工智能初創(chuàng)公司Sunshine的首席執(zhí)行官。她認為,人工智能技術(shù)已經(jīng)發(fā)展到能夠?qū)萍夹袠I(yè)產(chǎn)生深遠影響的階段了。
梅耶爾說:“過去29年,我一直在等待一個拐點,現(xiàn)在我終于等到了?!痹谂_上與ACME Capital的普通合伙人艾克·霍、Gitlab的首席營銷官兼首席戰(zhàn)略官阿什莉·克拉默、Lacework的首席執(zhí)行官杰伊·帕里克以及Molly Wood Media的主持人莫莉·伍德對話時,她問道:“問題是,我們要如何利用這個拐點迸發(fā)出的力量?”
盡管作為民主黨的資助人,梅耶爾在政界有一定的影響力,但她還是認為人工智能應(yīng)該由科技行業(yè)內(nèi)部而非政府實體來監(jiān)管。她說:“一切發(fā)展得如此之快,每個人都難以跟上步伐。在制定監(jiān)管措施時,目光不能只放在當下,而是要考慮到未來三年至五年內(nèi)可能出現(xiàn)的情況,但這實際上極難預(yù)測?!?/p>
梅耶爾在2012年至2017年擔任雅虎首席執(zhí)行官期間經(jīng)歷了一段艱難的歷程。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)雅虎收購了Tumblr,并且在這家開創(chuàng)性的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司2017年被威瑞森通信公司(Verizon)以48億美元收購后辭去職位。如今,梅耶爾管理著自己創(chuàng)立的Sunshine,其致力于借助人工智能簡化社交日程計劃等個人管理任務(wù)。在2020年開展的最近一次籌資中,該公司以6,000萬美元的估值從Norwest和Next Play Capital等投資公司籌集了2,000萬美元的資金。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
雅虎(Yahoo)的前首席執(zhí)行官瑪麗莎·梅耶爾認為,人工智能即將在科技行業(yè)燃起一場毀滅之火,就像野火侵襲森林一樣。但她相信,正如景觀因為大自然循環(huán)的洗禮而愈顯生機,科技行業(yè)也終將會變得更加強大。
上周,《財富》科技頭腦風暴大會(Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference)在美國猶他州鹿谷(Deer Valley)舉辦。梅耶爾在會上說:“強壯的樹木和植被會存活下來,而所有雜草則會被清理干凈。這實際上是為將來健康地重生創(chuàng)造了條件?!?/p>
她表示:“沒有人愿意看到一家獲得資金投入且有所成就的公司走下坡路。但這最終會讓科技行業(yè)走向更健康的未來?!?/p>
梅耶爾在1999年成為谷歌(Google)的第20名員工并由此開啟了職業(yè)生涯,如今是消費者人工智能初創(chuàng)公司Sunshine的首席執(zhí)行官。她認為,人工智能技術(shù)已經(jīng)發(fā)展到能夠?qū)萍夹袠I(yè)產(chǎn)生深遠影響的階段了。
梅耶爾說:“過去29年,我一直在等待一個拐點,現(xiàn)在我終于等到了?!痹谂_上與ACME Capital的普通合伙人艾克·霍、Gitlab的首席營銷官兼首席戰(zhàn)略官阿什莉·克拉默、Lacework的首席執(zhí)行官杰伊·帕里克以及Molly Wood Media的主持人莫莉·伍德對話時,她問道:“問題是,我們要如何利用這個拐點迸發(fā)出的力量?”
盡管作為民主黨的資助人,梅耶爾在政界有一定的影響力,但她還是認為人工智能應(yīng)該由科技行業(yè)內(nèi)部而非政府實體來監(jiān)管。她說:“一切發(fā)展得如此之快,每個人都難以跟上步伐。在制定監(jiān)管措施時,目光不能只放在當下,而是要考慮到未來三年至五年內(nèi)可能出現(xiàn)的情況,但這實際上極難預(yù)測?!?/p>
梅耶爾在2012年至2017年擔任雅虎首席執(zhí)行官期間經(jīng)歷了一段艱難的歷程。她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)雅虎收購了Tumblr,并且在這家開創(chuàng)性的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司2017年被威瑞森通信公司(Verizon)以48億美元收購后辭去職位。如今,梅耶爾管理著自己創(chuàng)立的Sunshine,其致力于借助人工智能簡化社交日程計劃等個人管理任務(wù)。在2020年開展的最近一次籌資中,該公司以6,000萬美元的估值從Norwest和Next Play Capital等投資公司籌集了2,000萬美元的資金。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-劉嘉歡
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer believes the tech business is about to be set ablaze by A.I., like a forest torched by a wildfire. But as with the cycles of nature that affect the landscape, Mayer believes the tech industry will ultimately come out stronger.
“The strong trees and the strong vegetation survive, and all the brush gets cleared out. And it actually allows for healthy regrowth afterwards,” Mayer said at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, which occurred last week in Deer Valley, Utah.
“No one likes to see a company that’s been funded, has had some success, not do well,” she said. “But it ultimately leads to a healthier outcome for the industry.”
Mayer, who began her career as Google’s 20th employee in 1999 and is now the CEO of consumer A.I. startup Sunshine, said she believes A.I. technology has reached a point where its impact on the industry will be huge.
“I’ve been waiting for an inflection point for 29 years, and I think that’s what is happening,” Mayer said. “The question is: what do we do with the energy that comes out of this inflection point?” Mayer asked in an on-stage conversation with ACME Capital general partner Aike Ho, Gitlab CMO and CSO Ashley Kramer, Lacework CEO Jay Parikh and moderator Molly Wood of Molly Wood Media.
Though Mayer has played in politics as a large democratic donor, she believes that A.I. regulation should happen within the tech industry rather than by government entities. “Everything is moving so fast that everyone is struggling to keep up,” she says. “When you’re doing regulation, you can’t regulate this moment; you need to regulate where you’re going to be in three to five years, and that’s actually very hard to predict.”
Mayer, who had a rocky tenure as Yahoo’s chief executive from 2012 to 2017, oversaw the company’s Tumblr acquisition and vacated her position after the pioneering internet company was acquired by Verizon for $4.8 billion in 2017. Now Mayer oversees Sunshine, which she founded with the mission of tapping A.I. to streamline personal administration tasks like social calendaring. The company last raised $20 million from investors like Norwest and Next Play Capital at a $60 million valuation in 2020.