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2024考研英语同源外刊4月:人工智能越来越强大

Soon after Alan Turing initiated the study of computer science in 1936. he began wondering if humanity could one day build machines with intelligence comparable to that of humans. Artificial intelligence, the modern field concerned with this question, has come a long way since then. But truly intelligent machines that can independently accomplish many different tasks have yet to be invented. And though science fiction has long imagined AI one day taking malevolent forms such as amoral androids or murderous Terminators, today's AI researchers are often more worried about the everyday AI algorithms that already are enmeshed with our lives—and the problems that have already become associated with them.

1936年，艾伦·图灵开始研究计算机科学，不久之后，他就开始思考人类是否有一天能制造出与人类智能相当的机器。人工智能是这一问题的现代研究领域，自那时以来已经取得了长足进展。但是真正能够独立完成许多不同任务的智能机器还有待开发。尽管科幻小说一直设想人工智能有一天会以邪恶的形式出现，比如是非不分的机器人或凶残的终结者，但现如今人工智能研究人员往往更担心已与我们日常生活交织在一起的人工智能算法，以及与之相关联的问题。

Even though today's AI is only capable of automating certain specific tasks, it is already raising significant concerns. In the past decade, engineers, scholars, whistleblowers and journalists have repeatedly documented cases in which AI systems, composed of software and algorithms, have caused or contributed to serious harms to humans. Algorithms used in the criminal justice system can unfairly recommend denying parole.

尽管如今的人工智能只能自动完成某些特定的任务，但它已经严重引起人们的担忧。在过去十年中，工程师、学者、检举人以及记者不断记录由软件和算法集成的人工智能系统对人类造成或促成严重伤害的案例。刑事司法系统中算法的使用可能会出现拒绝假释请求的不公正建议。

Social media feeds can steer toxic content toward vulnerable teenagers. AI-guided military drones can kill without any moral reasoning. Additionally, an AI algorithm tends to be more like an inscrutable black box than a clockwork mechanism. Researchers often cannot understand how these algorithms, which are based on opaque equations that involve billions of calculations, achieve their outcomes.

社交媒体的推送会将对身心健康有害的内容推给弱势青少年群体。人工智能主导的军用无人机可以在没有经过任何道德推理的情况下杀人。此外，AI算法更像是一个神秘的黑盒子，而不是可预测的运作机制。研究人员常常无法理解，这些算法建立在难懂的方程基础上，涉及数十亿次计算，它们是如何得到所需结果的。

 

单词

principled/ˈprɪnsəp(ə)l/ adj. 有原则的;根据规则(或事实)的;

soon after 不久之后，稍后;

initiate/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/ vt. 开始;发起;

computer science 计算机科学;

humanity/hjuːˈmænəti/ n. 人类(总称);

intelligence/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/ n. 智力，才智;智能;

comparable/ˈkɑːmpərəb(ə)l/ adj. 可比的，可比较的;

that of …的同类;…的那种东西或事情;

field/fiːld/ n. 专业，领域;

concern/kənˈsɜːrn/ vt. 与…有关;涉及;

come a long way 取得进展;有很大进步;

independently/ˌɪndɪˈpendəntli/ adv. 独立地;自立地;

accomplish/əˈkɑːmplɪʃ/ vt. 完成，实现;

invent/ɪnˈvent/ vt. 发明，创造;编造，虚构;

malevolent/məˈlevələnt/ adj. 恶毒的;有恶意的;坏心肠的;

form/fɔːrm/ n. 形式;

amoral/ˌeɪˈmɔːrəl/ adj. 与道德无关的;无从区分是非的;超道德的;

android/ˈændrɔɪd/ n. 机器人;

murderous/ˈmɜːrdərəs/ adj. 蓄意谋杀的，凶残的;

Terminator/ˈtɜːrməˌnetər/ n. 终结者;

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