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内容总结：

在科技浪潮剧变的时代，西雅图正面临关键转型挑战。华盛顿大学福斯特商学院营销学教授杰夫·舒尔曼近日在《GeekWire播客》中指出，尽管西雅图曾凭借波音、微软和亚马逊的崛起成功构建科技创新生态，当前人工智能革命却未能在此形成产业集聚效应。

舒尔曼通过研究指出，西雅图过去依托头部企业形成人才吸引与技术创新良性循环的发展模式未能延续至AI领域。最新数据显示，该市未能进入全球AI初创企业融资前列，自动驾驶等前沿应用也因政策限制发展滞后。尽管拥有亚马逊和微软等科技巨头，西雅图尚未建立预期中的全球AI中心地位。

这位长期关注区域发展的学者强调，西雅图亟需在人工智能领域重建产业生态，以避免在新一轮科技竞争中错失发展机遇。

中文翻译：

在剧变时代，西雅图面临何种命运？
华盛顿大学福斯特商学院市场营销学教授杰夫·舒尔曼多年来通过《西雅图增长播客》主持工作、产品管理中心主任职务以及就住房可负担性、超音速队回归等公共议题的发声，持续研究这一问题。

在本期《GeekWire播客》中，舒尔曼将探讨：西雅图在全球AI浪潮中的定位、本土难以孕育明星初创企业的根源、AI对营销与教育的影响，以及市民认同感、科技产业与体育精神如何共同推动地区发展。

舒尔曼回顾西雅图历次科技繁荣时指出，波音、微软和亚马逊引领的时代曾形成强大的本地生态与良性循环，吸引人才并激发创新——最近一次是亚马逊AWS引领的云计算崛起。

但当前AI浪潮中这一动能未能重现，产业核心已转向湾区。本周两篇GeekWire报道印证了这一困境：其一指出西雅图缺席AI初创企业最高融资轮，其二剖析自动驾驶出租车在本地区面临的法规壁垒。

"我们虽拥有亚马逊和微软，却未能成为应有的全球AI之都，"舒尔曼表示，"AI领域的良性循环尚未形成，这无疑是重大机遇的错失。"

相关链接

• 《西雅图虽是全球AI枢纽，明星初创企业何在？》
• 《尽管身为全球科技中心，西雅图乘客仍无法召唤无人驾驶车》
• 《小肯·格里芬渴望参与超音速队回归计划》
• 《西雅图现在播客：托德·毕肖普与杰夫·舒尔曼的休闲周五对话》

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英文来源：

What’s at stake for Seattle in times of dramatic change?
University of Washington Foster School of Business marketing professor Jeff Shulman has spent years studying that question, as host of the Seattle Growth Podcast, director of the Product Management Center, and a civic voice on issues ranging from housing affordability to the campaign to bring back the Sonics.
On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Shulman joins us to talk about Seattle’s place in the global AI boom, why the city has struggled to produce superstar startups, what AI means for marketing and education, and how civic identity, tech, business, and sports have fueled the region in the past.
Shulman reflects on Seattle’s history of tech booms, noting that past eras led by Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon created powerful local ecosystems and virtuous cycles that attracted talent and spurred innovation.
It happened most recently with the rise of the cloud, led by Amazon Web Services.
But the dynamic isn’t repeating itself in the current AI wave, with the industry’s center of gravity forming in the Bay Area instead. Two GeekWire stories this week underscored the problem: one highlighting Seattle’s absence from the top AI startup funding rounds, the other examining the regulatory hurdles preventing robotaxis in the region.
“We still have Amazon and Microsoft, but we have not become the Al capital of the world like we should have,” Shulman said. “We’re not seeing that virtuous cycle with Al yet, and it’s a missed opportunity.”
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