Name: 六分鐘教你用英文聊人工智慧 (Learn to talk about artificial intelligence in 6 minutes)
Uploaded: 2018-01-30T09:17:23.000Z
Duration: 6 min 17 s

Dan: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English.

丹：你好，歡迎來到6分鐘英語。

I'm Dan and joining me today is Neil. Hi Neil.

我是丹，今天加入我的是尼爾。嗨，尼爾。

Dan: I'm just getting ready for the inevitable

我只是在為不可避免的事情做準備。

rise of the machines. That's the takeover

of the world by artificial intelligence, or

AI, which some people predict will happen.

Neil: Inevitable means cannot be avoided or

尼爾：不可避免的手段是無法避免或。

stopped. Rise of the machines? What do you mean?

停止。機器的崛起？什麼意思？

Dan: It's our topic in this 6 Minute English.

丹：這是我們這次6分鐘英語的主題。

我們就來談談這個問題，給大家介紹一下。

six related pieces of vocabulary and, of course,

that makes any sense. What's the question?

丹：我們今天使用的 "機器人 "這個詞。

was first used in a 1920's Czech play 'Rossum's

在1920年的捷克戲劇《羅蘇姆》中首次使用。

通用機器人"。但在這之前，什麼

was its original meaning? a) forced labour

丹：我們會發現，如果你是對的，或

好吧，丹。告訴我發生了什麼事。

Dan: I saw a news article written by BBC technology

丹：我看到BBC科技寫的一篇新聞。

correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones about the

通訊員羅裡-切蘭-瓊斯關於的。

recent CES technology show in Las Vegas. He

最近在拉斯維加斯舉行的CES技術展。他

interviewed David Hanson, founder of Hanson

採訪了Hanson的創始人David Hanson。

Robotics, who said it was his ambition to

achieve an AI that can beat humans at any

實現人工智能在任何時候都能擊敗人類

Neil: Surely it's a good thing! Better AI

尼爾：當然是好事!更好的人工智能

and robotics could take over many of the jobs

和機器人技術可以接管許多工作

我們不想做的事，或者說是如此

important to get 100% right… like air traffic

重要的是要百分之百的正確... ...就像空中交通一樣。

control. We'd never have another plane crash.

控制。我們不會再有另一個飛機失事。

It would be infallible because it would be

它將是無懈可擊的，因為它將是。

Dan: Infallible means never failing. And that's

丹：無懈可擊意味著永不失敗。這就是

what bothers me. What happens when its intelligence

困擾我的是。當它的智能發生了什麼

超越我們的？為什麼它要做什麼

Neil: To surpass something is to do or be

尼爾：超越某件事情是指做或被

better than it. Dan, you've been watching

too many movies. Robots fighting humanity

is a popular theme. Guess what… humanity

是一個流行的主題。你猜怎麼著...

often wins. And besides, we would programme

Dan: Benevolent means kind and helpful. But

丹：仁慈的意思是指善良和幫助。但

that's just it, once the intelligence becomes

sentient, or able to think for itself, who

有知覺的，或者說能自我思考的，誰？

knows what it will do. We humans are not exactly

知道它會做什麼。我們人類並不完全

perfect, you know. What happens if it decides

完美，你知道的。會發生什麼，如果它決定

that it is better than us and wants us out

Neil: Don't worry. Asimov thought of that.

Isaac Asimov was an American science fiction

艾薩克・阿西莫夫是美國科幻小說家

writer who, among other things, wrote about

他是一位作家，除此之外，他還寫了

robots. He came up with three laws that every

機器人。他提出了三個定律，每個

robot would have to follow to stop it from

反人類的行為。所以我們安全了！

Dan: I'm not so sure. A sentient robot could

丹：我不太確定。一個有意識的機器人可以

make up its own mind about how to interpret

the laws. For example, imagine if we created

的規律。例如，想象一下，如果我們創造了

一個保護全人類的人工智能系統。

Neil: Well, that's great! No more war. No

好吧，那太好了!不再有戰爭沒有...

更多的謀殺。沒有更多的戰鬥。

Dan: Do you really think that humans can stop

丹：你真的認為人類可以停止？

fighting? What if the AI decides that the

only way to stop us from hurting ourselves

只有這樣才能避免我們傷害自己

and each other is to control everything we

do, so it takes over to protect us. Then we

所以它接管了保護我們。然後我們

would lose our freedom to a thing that we

created that is infallible and more intelligent

比我們還厲害！結束了，尼爾！

Neil: I think that's a little far-fetched,

which means difficult to believe. I'm sure

Dan: OK. Let's hear what the Learning English

Dan：好的。我們來聽聽學英語的

team say when I ask them if they are worried

that AI and robots could take over the world.

認為人工智能和機器人可以接管世界。

菲爾：嗯，有可能，但可能性不大。

There will come a point where our technology

will be limited – probably before real AI

將受到限制--可能在真正的人工智能之前

Sam: Never in a million years. First of all

we'd programme them so that they couldn't,

我們會給他們編程，讓他們不能。

and secondly we'd beat them anyway. Haven't

第二，反正我們會贏他們。沒有

紀：我完全認為有可能發生。我們

only have to make a robot that's smart enough

只要製造出足夠聰明的機器人就可以了

to start thinking for itself. After that,

Neil: A mixed bag of opinions there, Dan.

Dan: Nope. But I don't exactly have an army

of support either. I guess we'll just have

Neil: Speak for yourself. I've waited long

尼爾：你自己說吧。我已經等了很久