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AICT Club

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Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) Our early " AICT Initiative ," a best practice proposal at APEC 2003, predicted a volume “ USD 10 trillion .” With the advent of AI, this figure has become a reality. The " AICT Club " (a gateway of commercial link to the universal businesses) is the first step in launching a century-long business opportunity. Fig 1: APEC 2003 Best Practice Proposal A homemaker, Linda Din (Ding Lin-Hong), witnessed Mattel shutting down its Taiwan factory (MLT), leaving behind 5,000 unemployed people. Unable to find jobs, some went into taxi driving and were then robbed. Consequently, she a social enterprise —“ SEL ” (Sanhornic Enterprise Ltd.) — and improved the AV (Audio/ Vedio) connector so that it could be assembled and used to earn a living with just two hands and a one-foot table. But after creating 100 jobs, she discovered that 4,900 more people still needed work— this was a “ structural social dilemma ” triggered by governmen...
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AI Barbie

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Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) Today, everyone talks about “ Artificial Intelligence ” (AI). What few people realize is that there was once a real opportunity of Mattel — over 30 years ago — for an “ AI Barbie ” to emerge. Fig 1: Barbie Doll in 1984 In the early 1980s, Mattel internally questioned whether Barbie could still be saved. The company attempted to pivot into remote-controlled toys in Hong Kong , but the effort failed. By chance, I was hired as a “ Specialist ” — not to save Barbie, but to confirm the trend of decline. However, on my very first day at “ MLT ” (Mattel Ltd. Taiwan), I redesigned a critical flaw: replacing the original three-piece leg armature — time-consuming, labor-intensive, and highly inhumane to assemble — with a simplified " Two-piece Leg Armature " design. This change eliminated cumbersome manual assembly, reduced defect rates, and I also freely provided a " Sliding-based Processing Machine " originally used for ...
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