Ke noiʻi ʻole ʻo ia i ka mana kaʻa kanaka, hāʻawi ka haumāna puka ma ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana me nā papahana i kōkua iā ia e ulu ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi ma ke kahua o ka pilina kanaka-robot i ka mālama olakino.
He mea noiʻi haumāna MIT i hoʻokō i ka mālama ola kino nā lopako me ka nui o na makana naauao a me ka launa pu ana, ua manao ole o A. Michael West i kona koho ana i kona ala.
"Ua hāʻule wau i loko," wahi a ka moho PhD ʻenehana mechanical, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ulu ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kaleponi, he kanaka pilikanaka, haʻuki - a maikaʻi i ka makemakika. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka koho maʻamau: Hiki iā ʻoe ke lilo i kauka, loio, a i ʻole ʻenekinia."
Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka noho paʻakikī o kona makuahine i kona wā e aʻo ai i ke kauka a me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hauʻoli i ka heluhelu ʻana a me ke kākau ʻana e lilo i loio, "ʻO kēlā ʻenekini haʻalele," wahi āna.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka physics ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ua hāʻawi ʻia ka manaʻo i nā helu a mākou e aʻo nei i ka makemakika," a ma hope mai, ua ʻae ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ʻenekinia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Yale.
"Ua paʻa loa wau me ia," wahi a West. "Ua makemake au i kaʻu e aʻo nei."
Ma ke ʻano he poʻokela kiʻekiʻe ma Yale, ua koho ʻia ʻo West e komo i ka MIT Hōʻike ʻikepili no MIT (MSRP). Hoʻomaopopo ka papahana i nā haumāna haʻahaʻa akamai e hoʻolimalima i ke kauwela ma ka pā kula ʻo MIT, e alakaʻi ana i ka noiʻi me ke aʻo ʻana o nā kumu kula MIT, postdocs, a me nā haumāna puka kula e hoʻomākaukau i nā haumāna papahana no ke kula puka.
No West, he hoʻonaʻauao ʻo MSRP i ke ʻano o "ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ke ʻano o ka MIT."
ʻO ia hoʻi, a ʻo ka mea nui loa, he kumu hōʻoia e hiki ai i ke Komohana ke kūleʻa i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ke kula.
"Ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka hilinaʻi e noi i nā kula kiʻekiʻe, e ʻike hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi maoli i ʻaneʻi a lanakila," wahi a West. "Ua hāʻawi nui iaʻu i ka hilinaʻi e hele i loko o kahi lumi a hoʻokokoke i nā poʻe i ʻike ʻoi aku ka ʻike ma mua o kaʻu e pili ana i kekahi mau kumuhana."
Me MSRP, ua loaʻa pū ʻo West i kahi kaiāulu a hana i nā hoaaloha mau, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "He mea maikaʻi ka noho ʻana ma nā wahi āu e ʻike ai i ka nui o nā mea liʻiliʻi i ka ʻepekema, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo MSRP," wahi āna.
I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka ʻike MSRP, hāʻawi ʻo West i kona wā i kākau inoa ai ma MIT ma ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi pūʻulu MRSP no ʻelua kauwela. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia ʻike like no nā poʻe ma hope ou," wahi āna.
ʻO kona komo ʻana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi a alakaʻi i MSRP ʻo ia wale nō ke ala a West i ʻimi ai e hoʻihoʻi. Ma ke ʻano he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, no ka laʻana, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka mokuna National Society of Black Engineers o kāna kula, a ma MIT, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he puʻukū no ka Black Graduate Student Association a me ka Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers.
"He mea ʻohana wale nō paha ia," wahi a West, "akā, ʻoiai he ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele, ua hānai koʻu mau mākua iaʻu ma ke ʻano e hoʻomanaʻo mau ai ʻoe i kou wahi i hele mai ai, hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe i nā mea a kou mau kūpuna i hele ai."
ʻO ka noiʻi o West i kēia manawa - me Neville Hogan, ka Sun Jae Professor in Mechanical Engineering, ma ka Eric P. a me Evelyn E. Newton Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation - ua manaʻo pū ʻia e kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka ʻeha orthopedic a i ʻole neurological.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei au e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana o ke kanaka i kā lākou neʻe ʻana mai kahi hiʻohiʻona makemakika," wahi āna. "Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ala e helu ai i ka neʻe ʻana, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ana maikaʻi a hoʻokō i kēlā i nā robotics, e hana i nā mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana."
Ma 2022, ua koho ʻia ʻo West e lilo i hoa MIT-Takeda. ʻO ka Polokalamu MIT-Takeda, he hui pū ʻana ma waena o MIT's School of Engineering a me Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company, e hoʻolaha nui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka naʻauao hana e pono ai ke olakino kanaka. Ma ke ʻano he Takeda Fellow, ua aʻo ʻo West i ka hiki o ka lima kanaka ke hoʻopunipuni i nā mea a me nā mea hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo West ʻo ka Takeda Fellowship i hāʻawi iā ia i manawa e kālele ai i kāna noiʻi, ʻo ke kālā e ʻae iā ia e haʻalele i ka hana ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo. ʻOiai makemake ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana a ke manaʻo nei e loaʻa kahi kūlana ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he polopeka ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna PhD, ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea koʻikoʻi ka manawa e pili ana i ke kōkua kumu. I ke kolu o ka makahiki o kāna PhD, hāʻawi ʻo West ma kahi o 20 mau hola o ka pule i kahi kūlana aʻo.
"He mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa e hana ai i ka noiʻi," wahi āna. "ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i kāu mea e pono ai e aʻo e pili ana a me ka hana ʻana i ka noiʻi e lawe iā ʻoe i ka pae aʻe."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke ʻano o ka noiʻi a West e alakaʻi ai i ka manawa nui. ʻO kēia ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no ka mea e pili ana ka hoʻokele kaʻa kanaka i nā hana maʻalahi, subconscious i paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo.
"Pehea ka poʻe e hoʻomalu ai i kēia mau ʻōnaehana paʻakikī, subconscious? ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana he hana lohi. Hoʻokumu ka nui o nā ʻike i kekahi i kekahi. Pono ʻoe e ʻike paʻa i ka mea i ʻike ʻia, he aha ke kuhiakau hana, he aha ka mea i hoʻāʻo ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻāʻo ʻia, a pehea e lawe ai i ka mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻāʻo ʻia, "wahi a West, me ka hoʻohui ʻana, "ʻAʻole mākou e maopopo. pehea ka mālama ʻana o ke kanaka i ka neʻe ʻana i koʻu ola ʻana.
No ka holomua ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo West e pono e hoʻomau pono ʻo ia i hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu i ka manawa.
“He aha nā nīnau liʻiliʻi e hiki iaʻu ke nīnau? He aha nā nīnau i nīnau ʻia, a pehea mākou e kūkulu ai ma luna o ia mau nīnau? ʻO ia ka wā e liʻiliʻi ai ka hana, "wahi āna.
I Kepakemapa, e hoʻomaka ana ke Komohana i kahi pilina me ka MIT a me Accenture Convergence Initiative no ka ʻenehana a me ka ʻenehana. Ke manaʻo nei e paipai a hoʻoikaika i ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻenehana a me ka ʻoihana, koho ka hui i ʻelima mau hoa MIT-Accenture i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"ʻO ka mea a lākou e ʻimi nei he mea unuhi kāna noiʻi, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena i ka ʻoihana," wahi a West. "Ke hoʻohiki nei lākou makemake lākou i ka noiʻi kumu aʻu e hana nei. ʻAʻole au i hana ma ka ʻaoʻao unuhi. ʻO ia kahi mea aʻu e makemake ai e komo ma hope o ka puka ʻana.
ʻOiai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hui hanohano a me ka holomua ʻana i ka pilina kanaka-robot i ka mālama olakino, ʻo West ka mea i hoʻomaha loa i ke kanaka i "hāʻule i" ʻenekinia. Loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e hui ai me nā hoaaloha ma nā hopena pule, lawe ʻo ia i ka pôpeku ma ke ʻano he haumāna puka, a he pilina lōʻihi me kāna kāne hoʻopalau, me kahi lā male i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ke kauwela aʻe.
Nīnau ʻia pehea ʻo ia e aʻo ai i kāna mau haumāna i ka wā e hoʻokokoke ai lākou i ka hana paʻakikī, loaʻa iā ia kahi pane ʻoluʻolu.
"Mai makaʻu e noi i ke kōkua. E hele mau ana kekahi i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ʻoe, a he mea maikaʻi kēlā. Inā ʻaʻole, e ʻoluʻolu iki ke ola. "
Kākau ʻia e Michaela Jarvis