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A |     Under construction since 2011, the GERD project is one of the largest public infrastructure projects in Ethiopia, and will be the biggest hydroelectric power plant on the African continent once finished next year.,The third phase of the filling of a massive reservoir, capable of holding up to 74 billion cubic meters of water, was completed this week, with two of the dam’s planned 16 turbines now operational. When construction is finished, the dam will be capable of generating some 6,000 megawatts of power – more than double the average output of a WER-1000 nuclear reactor.,AfricaWATCH Water Pour Over Spillway on Ethiopia’s GERD Hydroelectric Dam After Finishing Third FillingYesterday, 22:33 GMT,In a ceremony inaugurating the project on Friday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stressed that the dam was Ethiopia’s “gift,” and that it was “Ethiopia’s responsibility to use it” together with the other two Nile Basin countries - Egypt and Sudan.,“PM @AbiyAhmedAli reiterated that Ethiopia is working to ensure the benefits of the lower basin countries, saying that our Abbay River [Ethiopia’s term for the Blue Nile, one of the two major tributaries of the Nile] takes what it deserves while passing on what others deserve,” the prime minister’s office tweeted following the ceremony.,PM @AbiyAhmedAli reiterated that Ethiopia is working to ensure the benefits of the lower basin countries, saying that our Abbay River takes what it deserves while passing on what others deserve. He also congratulated all Africans on this milestone. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/Be9WtrHczO— Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia (@PMEthiopia) August 12, 2022,Just Deserts,The question of which country “deserves” what has been the subject of considerable consternation and debate between the three nations, as has the dam’s potential environmental impact, with Cairo and Khartoum fearing the filling of the 145 meter tall, 1.8 km long dam could threaten the region with droughts and floods. Last month, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned that Cairo would defend its interests using “all means available” at its disposal, and called on the United Nations Security Council to negotiate a legally binding agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on regulating the dam’s operation. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi earlier called the GERD dispute a “red line” security issue.,Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia Alemayehu Tegenu dismissed these concerns, telling Sputnik last month that Egypt and Sudan were trying to “internationalize and politicize the dam to solve their internal affairs” and assuring that the dam “has no significant harm” for the downstream nations.,WorldEgypt, Sudan Politicising Renaissance Dam Construction, Ethiopian Diplomat Says27 July 2021, 08:23 GMT,Nile River: Giver of Life,Stretching some 6,695 km and covering over 3.3 million square km, the Nile is the longest river in the world, and has played a significant role in regional civilizational development going back to the Ancient Egyptians owing to the rich soil perfect for agriculture created by its annual flooding, and its use as a tool for regional river navigation. Ethiopia’s Blue Nile tributary accounts for a whopping 85 percent of the Nile’s total waters.,Egypt, which receives almost no rainfall, relies on the Nile for more than 90 percent of its freshwater, with eastern Sudan similarly dependent on the river for its economic wellbeing and water and food security.,Legacy of Colonial Meddling,Part of the difficulty of regulating the dispute over the Nile is the lack of a regional agreement regulating the waters’ flow. Addis Ababa is not a party to the 1959 bilateral treaty between Egypt and Sudan dividing the Nile’s waters.,A separate 1929 Nile Waters Treaty between Britain and its then-puppet state of Egypt, plus the territories of what are now Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Sudan provided Cairo the right to veto infrastructure projects up the Nile if they threatened to impact the country’s interests. However, that treaty similarly didn’t apply to Ethiopia, which managed to survive as the only independent nation in Africa after the European imperialist scramble for the continent in the 19th century, and which was never consulted on the agreement’s terms.,Russia’s Position,As a strategic partner of both Ethiopia and Egypt, Russia has sought to assure the dam dispute’s peaceful and mutually amenable resolution, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicating in 2021 that Moscow would be ready to provide technical assistance for any negotiations on the matter. Russia also supports the use of the African Union platform to resolve the crisis.,Also last year, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia called on the three countries to stick to the terms of the 2015 Declaration of Principles on the GERD, which urged consensus in reaching an agreement on guidelines for the dam’s filling and operation, and committing Ethiopia to avoid steps which could harm its downstream neighbors. “At the same time, we note legitimate concerns of Egypt and Sudan over the possible negative impact that unconstrained functioning of the dam may produce on the populations of those countries in drought prone years,” he said.,The 2015 agreement and efforts at the African Union and UN levels mean that a baseline for a breakthrough and compromise exists. However, amid regional and global concerns about food and water security, and the threats posed by increasingly prevalent climate disasters and extreme weather events, the GERD dispute comes during a period of heightened regional and global tensions.,In 2021, Africa and Middle East intelligence analysis group Pangea-Risk warned that an all-out water war between Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, or their proxies was becoming increasingly probable in the face of dwindling options for a mediated solution.。    该图片使用了AI生成技术          本文来自微信公众号： AI时代我的人生下半场 ，作者：席春迎博士，原文标题：《AI时代不需要100万粉丝，只需要1000个相信你的人！》          一个18年前的理论，为何今天比当年更重要？          最近重读《失控》作者、被誉为“互联网预言家”的凯文·凯利（Kevin Kelly）的一篇经典文章《1000 True Fans》，忽然有一种新的感受。         凯文·凯利（图源：百度百科）          2008年，当互联网刚刚进入社交媒体时代时，凯文·凯利提出了一个后来影响无数创业者和内容创作者的观点：一个人并不需要拥有几百万粉丝，只需要1000个真正的铁杆粉丝，就足以养活自己。         十八年过去了，世界发生了翻天覆地的变化。

B | 移动互联网改变了商业模式，短视频重塑了传播方式，而人工智能又正在开启一场新的产业革命。         很多人认为，AI会让创作者越来越难生存，因为任何人都可以利用AI快速生成文章、图片、视频甚至音乐。但恰恰相反，我越来越认为：AI时代，凯文·凯利的“1000铁杆粉丝理论”不仅没有失效，反而进入了真正属于它的时代。         一、凯文·凯利真正想说的并不是数字1000          很多人误解了凯文·凯利，他真正强调的，从来不是“1000”这个数字。他定义的“True Fan（真正的铁杆粉丝）”是：无论创作者推出什么作品，他们都会第一时间购买、支持，并主动推荐给别人——因此，他关注的不是流量，而是关系。         在互联网早期，大多数商业模式追求的是规模：更多用户、更多点击、更多曝光。而凯文·凯利却提出了另一种思路：真正决定一个创作者价值的，不是认识多少人，而是有多少人真正相信他。         今天看来，这种观点比当年更加深刻。         二、AI让内容越来越便宜，信任却越来越昂贵          过去一篇专业文章需要几天时间才能写出来，今天AI几分钟就能完成；过去一个视频团队需要十几个人，今天一个人加几个AI智能体就能完成过去一个团队的工作——内容生产的门槛正在迅速下降。         当供给无限增加的时候，真正稀缺的东西就发生了变化。过去稀缺的是内容，今天稀缺的是信任，因为AI可以帮助任何人生产内容，却无法帮助一个陌生人在几分钟内赢得别人的长期信任。         未来，人们不会因为一篇文章而付费，而是因为相信作者的判断而付费；不会因为一次直播而购买，而是因为长期认可一个人的价值观而持续支持。         AI越强，这种信任反而越值钱。         三、AI正在放大每一个铁杆粉丝的价值          凯文·凯利当年做过一个简单计算：如果每位铁杆粉丝每年愿意花100美元支持创作者，那么1000位铁杆粉丝一年就是10万美元收入。

C |          放到今天，这个模型发生了巨大变化，AI让一个人的生产能力提升了十倍甚至百倍：过去只能服务100位客户，现在可以服务1000位；过去一年只能出版一本书，现在一年可以完成多个系列；过去一个团队才能运营的业务，一个人借助AI就能完成。这意味着，铁杆粉丝的数量未必需要增加，但每位粉丝创造的价值却可能成倍增长。         未来真正的商业模式不是拥有更多粉丝，而是让每一位信任自己的人获得更大的价值。         四、AI时代真正的竞争从流量变成了人格          互联网时代平台决定流量，短视频时代算法决定曝光，AI时代越来越重要的却是人格，因为AI可以复制知识、可以复制语言、可以复制写作风格，甚至可以复制声音和形象，唯独不能复制一个人长期积累形成的信誉、判断力和价值观——所以，未来最重要的资产，不是数据库，不是提示词，也不是模型，而是人格信用。         一个长期坚持输出高质量观点的人，可以拥有属于自己的AI智能体；一个企业可以拥有自己的AI品牌顾问；一个医生、律师、教师、投资人，都可以把几十年的经验沉淀成AI系统。         但最终愿意持续付费的人并不是因为AI本身，而是因为相信AI背后那个值得信赖的人。         五、AI时代“1000铁杆粉丝”理论正在升级          如果让我重新定义凯文·凯利的理论，我更愿意这样表达：互联网时代，一个人依靠1000位铁杆粉丝实现生存；AI时代，一个人借助AI可以让1000位铁杆粉丝创造过去10000位普通粉丝才能创造的价值。         未来真正决定财富的，不再是谁拥有最大的流量，而是谁拥有最深的信任；不再是谁生产最多内容，而是谁能够持续提供最有价值的判断。

D |          结语：AI时代最稀缺的资源不是信息，而是值得信任的人          人工智能正在让知识变得无限丰富，让内容变得几乎免费，让生产能力不断逼近零边际成本。         然而，越是在这样的时代，人们越需要寻找值得相信的人，因为信息可以由AI生成，答案可以由AI提供，但方向、判断和责任，最终仍然需要由人来承担。

E |          十八年前，凯文·凯利提出“1000铁杆粉丝理论”，是在告诉创作者不必追求成为超级明星；十八年后，这个理论可以有一个新的注解——AI时代，一个人的核心竞争力不是拥有100万个路过的粉丝，而是拥有1000个真正相信自己的人，这1000个人不仅会购买产品，更会购买判断；不仅会支持作品，更会信任人格。         而这，或许才是AI时代最难复制、也最有价值的资产！          本内容由作者授权发布，观点仅代表作者本人，不代表虎嗅立场。如对本稿件有异议或投诉，请联系 [email protected]。

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