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From Components to Deployable Systems: Can Taiwan Ship Full-Stack AI Products?

From Components to Deployable Systems: Can Taiwan Ship Full-Stack AI Products?

Taiwan's CES 2026 pivot from component supplier to systems exporter is credible, but software companies need productization discipline to turn hardware excellence into off-the-shelf global solutions.

Feb 18, 2026 19 min read
AISystems DesignTaiwanGlobal Strategy
Why Taiwan 16-Tile Mahjong Still Has No AlphaGo Moment

Why Taiwan 16-Tile Mahjong Still Has No AlphaGo Moment

If AI can dominate Go and chess, why has Taiwan-style 16-tile mahjong not produced a public, superhuman breakthrough model? The answer is not one missing algorithm. It is an ecosystem problem with technical, data, and incentive bottlenecks.

Feb 17, 2026 8 min read
AIReinforcement LearningGame TheorySystems Design
The Accuracy Illusion: Why Reliability Beats Perfection in AI Engineering

The Accuracy Illusion: Why Reliability Beats Perfection in AI Engineering

Chasing 100% accuracy in LLMs is a fool's errand. Real engineering value comes from reliability, predictability, and the ability to handle failure gracefully. Here is why 'dumb but consistent' often beats 'smart but random'.

Feb 14, 2026 8 min read
AI EngineeringSystems DesignDevOpsStrategy
Open-Domain Tasks Are the Real AI Test: A Practical Guide from Benchmarks to Production

Open-Domain Tasks Are the Real AI Test: A Practical Guide from Benchmarks to Production

A practical guide to designing open-domain AI systems with one concrete port-compliance case, failure containment patterns, and a production-grade evaluation workflow.

Feb 11, 2026 23 min read
AILarge Language ModelsAI EngineeringSystems Design
The 15-Minute AI Reliability Audit (With a Practical Scorecard)

The 15-Minute AI Reliability Audit (With a Practical Scorecard)

A fast, practical reliability audit for AI workflows: score the failure surface, find your weakest link, and implement one guardrail this week.

Feb 8, 2026 3 min read
AI EngineeringSystems DesignDevOpsEvaluation
Open-Domain Evaluation Worksheet for Teams

Open-Domain Evaluation Worksheet for Teams

A practical team worksheet for evaluating open-domain AI tasks: evidence quality, uncertainty handling, and recovery behavior under messy real-world conditions.

Feb 5, 2026 3 min read
AI EngineeringEvaluationLarge Language ModelsSystems Design

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