公司不过是一张算法图

I think the reason so many people don't understand how big AI is going to be is that they don't understand that everything is an algorithm.

我认为这么多人不明白AI将会有多大影响力的原因，在于他们没有意识到一切皆是算法。

Specifically, they don't realize that companies are just a collection of algorithms.

具体来说，他们没有意识到公司只是一组算法的集合。

What do I mean by that?

我这么说是什么意思呢？

Well, let's say that your company takes pictures, cleans them up, stylizes them, and adds a caption—which customers can then download in a large format. Let's call the company Memories.

好吧，假设你的公司负责拍照、清理照片、进行风格化处理并添加说明文字—然后客户可以下载大尺寸格式。我们不妨把这家公司命名为Memories。

The company started in the early 2000's, founded by an artist/photographer, and here's how it works:

这家公司成立于2000年代初，由一位艺术家/摄影师创立，以下是它的运作方式：

• The user uploads the best quality digital image that you have of the photo, or sends it to the company
• 用户上传您拥有的该照片的最高质量数字图像，或将其发送给公司
• Memories receives it and does a high-quality scan—checking quality and repairing any damage using old-school photography techniques + Photoshop
• Memories 接收它并进行高质量扫描——检查质量并使用传统摄影技术 + Photoshop 修复任何损坏
• Then they stylize the image in some kind of way, like Retro, Cinematic, Family, whatever—and add a caption
• 然后他们会以某种方式对图像进行风格化，比如复古、电影感、家庭风等等——并添加说明文字
• Then they let you download the image or they send you prints.
• 然后他们让您下载图像或给您发送打印件。

Simple enough, and for anyone into computers you will recognize this as a series of steps, aka—an algorithm.

这很简单，对于任何懂计算机的人来说，你会认出这是一系列步骤，也就是—一个算法。

Explainability is the new currency.

可解释性是新的硬通货。

Also, each one of these steps is an algorithm itself, just like the full set of algorithms. So you could break the Upload step into its own piece.

此外，这些步骤中的每一个本身就是一个算法，就像完整的算法集一样。因此，你可以将上传步骤单独分解出来。

And you can keep going. Each of those steps can be broken down even further—it's algorithms all the way down.

你可以继续深入。这些步骤中的每一个都可以进一步细分——一路往下都是算法。

But the sending and processing pieces aren't the only flows that make up the business. You also have:

但发送和处理环节并不是构成业务的唯一流程。你还有：

• Setting up the company
• 建立公司
• Hiring employees
• 招聘员工
• Paying taxes
• 缴纳税款
• Paying for infrastructure
• 支付...