Cathy Li is the Head of AI, Data and Metaverse, and Deputy Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Since joining WEF in 2018, she has led initiatives such as the Global Digital Safety Coalition and Defining and Building the Metaverse.
She is currently spearheading the AI Governance Alliance at WEF—a multi-stakeholder initiative uniting industry leaders, governments, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to champion the responsible global design and release of transparent and inclusive AI systems.
Prior to her tenure at WEF, Cathy was a Partner at GroupM, WPP's media investment arm, where she held various leadership roles across digital media buying, data and analytics, content, strategic consulting, and financial communications in London, New York, and Beijing.
Cathy holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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在过去的一年中，工业元宇宙的概念吸引了广泛的关注与兴趣。简而言之，工业元宇宙是一个高度沉浸式的、虚拟和现实互联的世界，将实现前所未有的连接性和数据分析水平。虽然工业元宇宙的确切愿景及其实施细则仍具有不确定性，并且还处于广泛讨论中，但很明显，支撑各种工业元宇宙愿景的技术大多已经存在。目前正在使用的关键技术包括数字孪生、物联网、人工智能、云计算与边缘计算、区块链以及扩展现实等...
This article was first published in Caixin.
互联网的下一代即将到来。各种技术的融合造就了“元宇宙”这一沉浸式、可互操作和同步的数字世界，预计至2024年其市场规模将达8000亿美元。元宇宙的塑造将广泛依赖于扩展现实（XR）技术的应用。扩展现实结合了增强、虚拟和混合现实技术以及可用于开展商务和社交活动的数字资产、钱包和身份技术。
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公共舆论研究发现，几乎有五分之二（38%）的美国人认为自己非常熟悉或比较熟悉元宇宙。这一数字在年轻人（18-34岁）和家中有孩子的人群中上升到一半以上（53%）。
长期以来，元宇宙的概念都为技术人员所熟悉，但直到最近它才成为家喻户晓的东西。该术语最简单的定义是：通过扩展现实（Extened Reality/XR）技术实现的统一且持久的虚拟世界。元宇宙是帮助我们观察正在进行的数字化转型的一个窗口。人们相信，依靠连接设备、区块链和其他技术的虚拟世界会变得十分普遍，以至于元宇宙将成为现实世界的延伸。
