Hey there, I'm Jonathan Strickland with Fw:Thinking.

哈囉，我是 Jonathan Strickland 在 Fw:Thinking

I'm in my writing room, and I was just thinking about artificial intelligence and why we find it so fascinating.

我現在在我的寫作室，而剛剛正在思考人工智慧的問題以及為什麼我們覺得他如此的迷人

I mean, just look at our science fiction. You've got HAL from 2001,

我的意思是，就拿我們的科幻電影來說。我們 2001 年有 HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer)

you've got Samantha from the upcoming Spike Jonze film 'Her.'

我們將有在即將上映的史派克瓊斯電影「雲端情人」裡的女主角蕯曼莎

But where does science fiction leave off and science fact pick up?

但科幻電影結束而科學現象繼之而起的地方在哪呢

Well, first of all, artificial intelligence isn't some sort of on/off switch, where you either have it or you don't.

好的，首先，人工智慧某種程度上不是一個開與關的切換，讓你不是擁有它就是完全與它不相關

It's actually more like a spectrum. And on one end you have artificial intelligence elements

它事實上更像是一個光譜區間。在一個端點上有人工智慧元素

like being able to recognize natural language, or figuring out the laws of physics based upon the movements of a pendulum.

像是可以識別自然語言，或是根據鐘擺的行為推算出他的物理定律

And on the other end, you have the real goal. The idea of a self-aware, conscious, thinking machine.

而在另一端，你有真正的目標。擁有自我意識、感知和思考的機器

Now, Alan Turing, the father of computer science, proposed a Turing Test for machine intelligence.

現在，被稱為電腦科學之父的艾倫圖靈提出一個針對機器智能的圖靈測試

You ask questions on a computer. The answers you get back might be from a person, or they might be from a machine.

你在電腦上提出一個問題。你得到的回覆也許是來自一個真人，或者來自一個機器

And if you can't tell the difference between the two, the machine was said to have passed the Turing Test.

接著如果你無法分辨這兩者的差異，這個機器就會判定為通過圖靈測試

It appears intelligent. But is it conscious?

這似乎很聰明，但這算是有感知能力嗎？

Well some people, like philosopher John Searle, said no.

某些人像是哲學家約翰．希爾勒，認為不算是。

Computers don't understand what they're doing, they're following a complex series of instructions.

電腦不知道自己正在做什麼，他們遵循一系列的指令來動作。

And they're really good at it. But they don't know what's going on. And perhaps they never will.

它們這點做得很好。但他們不知道發生了什麼事，而或許他們永遠也不會知道

But prepare to have your mind blown. You see, some people like the neuroscientist Christof Koch have said,

準備讓你的思想接受更大的刺激吧。某些人像是神經科學家 Christof Koch 就說：

what about panpsychism - an idea where you have these complex systems of information relay points that are communicating with each other.

「那從泛心靈論的角度出發呢?」泛心靈論是論述我們由彼此用來溝通的資訊轉換點所形成的複雜系

And from that consciousness naturally arises.

而從這裡自然產生了感知能力

So for us, our brains, they're just these complex systems of neural pathways,

對於我們來說，我們的頭腦只是神經訊息傳遞形成的複雜系統

and that's why we're conscious.

而這就足以形成我們的感知能力

Well, if that's the case, what about an artificial system?

好吧，如果真的是這樣的，那智能系統怎麼說呢？

Lets say, the Internet. A system that's a network of networks, with millions of computers with billions of transistors.

舉例來說網際網路。他是一個由眾多小網路所形成的網路，擁有數以百萬計的電腦搭配著數十億的電晶體

Could that one day become conscious?

它可以有一天變得具有感知能力嗎？

Is it conscious already?

還是他其實己經擁有了？

Now not everyone agrees with that. In fact, my gut feeling about consciousness is that it's probably a little more complex than that.

現在並非每個人都同意這個說法。事實上，我對有意識的想法或許比那要來得更複雜一點

It may be that it's not just about how complex our neural networks are,

它也許並只不是一個關於我們的神經網路究竟有多複雜的問題

but also things like how our hormones can affect the way we feel and think.

同時也關乎我們的荷爾蒙如何影響我們的感覺和思考

So maybe we just haven't nailed down what makes consciousness tick.

或許我們只是不曾真正確認讓感知能力運作的元素是什麼

But it does lead me to my question for you. And this week it's a two parter.

但這讓我想到一個問題給你們。這個星期的問題分成兩個部分

Part One: Do you think it's a good idea for us to give machines intelligence,

第一部分：你認為讓機器擁有智能是一個好主意嗎？

including self-awareness and consciousness?

若包含自我意識和感知能力呢？

And Part Two: Explain your answer.

第二部分：請解釋你的答案

I mean this is THE conversation on artificial intelligence.

我想這是一個人工智慧的談話性節目

And it's one that gets better with the more people who join in.

隨著更多人的參與它會變得更好。

So make sure you share this video with your friends.

所以請務必分享這個影片給你的朋友們

And if you're really interested in this subject, check out our podcast,

而如果你真的對這個專案非常地感興趣，聽聽我們的播客吧

because we talk about it in much greater detail.

因為在裡面我們會談到更多的細節

And once you're done with all of that hard work, give yourself a break and watch some of these!

而當你吸收完畢，好好休息一下並看看這些吧