@ZixuanLi_: My AI Engineer Singapore journey: Most exciting: First time traveling abroad after joining http://Z.ai, and my very fir…
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A personal reflection on attending the AI Engineer Singapore event, highlighting first-time travel, speaking alongside OpenAI and Google DeepMind representatives, meaningful conversations, and community support.
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My AI Engineer Singapore journey:
Most exciting: First time traveling abroad after joining http://Z.ai, and my very first English talk on stage.
Most challenging: Spoke in a three-speaker session alongside OpenAI and Google DeepMind, with http://Z.ai presenting third. Survived, and realized that people did like some of the things I shared.
Most surprising: Met the @MiniMax_AI team three times, and each time we talked for at least half an hour. Instead of discussing AI, we talked about humans.
Most rewarding: Learned a lot from deep conversations with @GeoffreyHuntley , @sarahookr, @picocreator, and many other wonderful guest speakers.
Biggest regret: Did not have enough time to talk with everyone I wanted to know.
Proudest moment: Stayed until the very end of every event. Got a lot of positive feedback when people had heard of GLM and http://Z.ai. When they had not, it felt just as meaningful to introduce what we are building.
Funniest part: As one of the major sponsors, somehow did not look like a sponsor at all. No booth, no side events, and not much sponsor presence prepared on our side. More like a group of friends showing up to support the community.
Thanks to @aiDotEngineer, 65 Labs, all the organizers, speakers, builders, friends, and my team who made these days so memorable. I truly want to @ all of you, but I am afraid I might miss someone, so please take this as an @ from my heart.
See you at the next AI Engineer event, and see you again in Singapore soon.
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