Chen Lu

Tech

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Writing on technology as a system of thought and action— from theory and technical design to deployment, governance, and lived experience. My work translates complex technical debates into public-facing frameworks, focusing on risk, accountability, and how emerging technologies move from laboratories into real-world contexts.

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EDITOR’S SELECTION Selected tech writing — explainers, interviews, and applied features.

Superalignment: Translating AI Safety into a Public Framework 超级对齐:将 AI 安全转译为公共议题的解释框架 Originally published under the title “Superalignment and AI Ethics: Beyond a Technical Question.”
2024·Explainer· AI · Systems · Risk · Public Understanding
An explanatory essay that frames AI alignment as a systemic and societal question, translating technical safety debates into a public-facing understanding of risk and responsibility.
From Digital AI to Physical Risk: Are We Ready for Embodied Intelligence? 从数字智能到物理风险:具身智能是否已经准备好进入现实世界? Originally published under the title “Embodied Intelligence Enters the Physical World: Are We Ready?”
2024·Explainer· AI · Embodied Intelligence · Governance · Public Risk
Examining how AI systems move from digital environments into physical space through autonomous driving and robotics, and what this shift reveals about risk, accountability, and regulatory readiness.
Explaining the Metaverse Through Graphics Systems 通过图形学系统理解元宇宙 Originally published as a long-form interview with computer graphics researcher Baoquan Chen.
2022·Structured Dialogue· Graphics · Systems · Metaverse · Production
A structured dialogue that uses graphics pipelines and production systems to explain how the metaverse shifts from abstract concept to a scalable technical infrastructure.
Buying Land in the Metaverse 在元宇宙里买地 Originally published in Sanlian Lifeweek under the title “Buying Land in the Metaverse: Speculation or Trend?”
2022·Reported feature· Metaverse · speculative infrastructure · platform economies
A field-based report on virtual land speculation, examining how emerging technologies are imagined, monetized, and prematurely institutionalized.
Understanding Chaos Through Dialogue 通过对话理解混沌与复杂系统 Originally published as an interview on chaos theory and complex systems.
2022·Structured Dialogue· Complex Systems · Chaos Theory · Science · Uncertainty
An interview-driven exploration of how chaos is defined and proven in mathematics, and why unpredictability is not a metaphor, but a structural property of complex systems.
Chang’e-5: Inside a National Space Mission 嫦娥五号:一次国家级航天任务的内部视角 Originally published as a narrative science feature on China’s lunar exploration program.
2021·Narrative· Space Science · Research · China · Storytelling
A narrative science feature that brings a national space mission down to human scale, using scenes, objects, and personal experience to make complex research accessible.
iFLYTEK: How Voice AI Entered Everyday Life 科大讯飞:语音 AI 如何走入日常生活 Originally published as part of my regular technology column for Modern Weekly .
2018·Applied Technology· Voice AI · Product · Ecosystem · China
An applied technology feature examining how voice recognition moved from laboratory research into consumer products and public infrastructure through platform design and ecosystem building.