Professor Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in the world and people remember him for his synthetic means it's made from something non-natural.霍金教授是世界上最有名的科学家之一,人们因为他的聪明过人而记得他,还因为他用一个有电脑生成的合成声音来来交流—合成指的是它是由非自然的东西做成的。
Artificial is similar in meaning-we use it when something is man-made to look or behave like something natural. 人工的跟它的意思相近—当某个东西是人工制成的让其看起来或表现的像自然的东西的时候我们就会用到这个词。
Professor Hawking has said recently that efforts to create thinking machines are athreat to our existence. A threat means something which can put us in danger. 霍金教授最近表示人们试图创造具有思维能力的机器对我们自身的存在会构成威胁。威胁是指某事物可以令我们陷入危险的处境。
Well, Professor Hawking has said recently that efforts to create thinking machines are a threat to our existence.霍金教授最近表示人们试图创造具有思维能力的机器对我们自身的存在会构成威胁。
There’s no denying that good things can come from the creation of Artificial Intelligence.无可否认人工智能的诞生给我们带来了很多好的事物。
Computers which can think for themselves might be able to find solutions to problems we haven’t been able to solve.可以自行思考的计算机可能会找到人类无法解决问题的答案。
But technology is developing quickly and maybe we should consider the consequences. Some of these very clever robots are already surpassing us.但是科技在高速发展,或许我们应该考虑一下后果。这些相当聪明的机器人当中有一些已经超越了我们。
To surpass means to have abilities superior to our own.超越就是它们拥有比我们强的能力。
In many movies and books about robots that think, the robots end up rebelling against their creators.在很多关于会思考的机器人的电影或者书中,这些机器人最后开始反抗他们的创造者。