Floppy Disks, Language Models & the I-Ching (Cantonese)
Dr. Bruce Cheung (張維) — Head of the College of Life Sciences and Technology at HKU SPACE. One of Hong Kong's first generation of AI researchers, graduating from HKU's Computer Science programme in 1985. PhD in AI under a UCLA department head who came to Hong Kong. Has worked on language models since the 1980s, from statistical language models (SLM) on floppy disks to today's LLM era. Bridges AI with law and education, involved in Hong Kong's legal and education AI communities.
About This Episode
Dr. Bruce Cheung (張維) has been doing AI in Hong Kong since before most people had a computer. One of the first Computer Science graduates from HKU in 1985, he built statistical language models on floppy disks using LISP and Prolog — decades before anyone said 'LLM.' Now Head of the College of Life Sciences and Technology at HKU SPACE, he bridges AI with law and education, arguing that Hong Kong's universities have been quietly world-class in AI research since the 1980s while the public only noticed when ChatGPT arrived. Plus: why Manus costs too much, whether Gemini will ever serve Hong Kong, ADHD in the AI age, and Aug's theory that the I-Ching is the 'bones' for structured AI thinking — which Bruce agrees with.