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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 ACT阅读备考双语文章讲解28  ACT考试技巧：ACT阅读备考双语文章讲解28  ACT考试VIP高效提升课程  Scientists have warned that rapid strides in thedevelopment of artificial intelligence and roboticsthreatens the prospect of mass unemployment, affecting everyone from drivers to sexworkers.  科学家们警告称，人工智能和机器人技术的快步发展可能酿成大规模失业，影响从司机到性工的各行各业劳动者。  Intelligent machines will soon replace human workers in all sectors of the economy, seniorcomputer scientists told the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting inWashington at the weekend.  周末在华盛顿举行的美国科学促进会(AAAS)会议上，资深计算机科学家表示，智能机器很快将在各个经济部门取代人类劳动者。  “We are approaching the time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost anytask,” said Moshe Vardi, computer science professor at Rice University in Texas. “Society needsto confront this question before it is upon us: if machines are capable of doing almost anywork humans can do, what will humans do?  “我们正在接近这样一个时刻，机器将能够在几乎所有任务上超越人类，”德克萨斯州莱斯大学(RiceUniversity)计算机科学教授摩西瓦迪(Moshe Vardi)表示，“在这个时刻来临之前，社会需要直面一个问题：如果人类能够做的工作，机器几乎都能够做，那么人类该做些什么?  “A typical answer is that we will be free to pursue leisure activities,” Prof Vardi said. “[But] I donot find the prospect of leisure-only life appealing. I believe that work is essential to humanwellbeing.”  “一个典型的回答是，我们将自由地从事休闲活动，”瓦迪教授表示，“但是我不觉得只有休闲的人生前景有吸引力。我相信工作对于人类的福祉是不可或缺的。”  “AI is moving rapidly from academic research into the real world,” said Bart Selman, professorof computer science at Cornell University. “Computers are starting to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ ashumans do...匠礀猀琀攀洀猀 can start to move and operate among us autonomously.” He saidcompanies such as Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft were scaling up investments in AIsystems to billions of dollars a year.  “人工智能正从学术研究快速进入现实世界，”康奈尔大学(Cornell University)计算机科学教授巴特帠尔曼(Bart Selman)表示，“计算机正开始像人类一样‘听’和‘看’……系统可以自主地移动和操作，跻身于人类行列。”他表示，谷歌(Google)、Facebook、IBM以及微软(Microsoft)等公司纷纷加大对人工智能系统的投资，使其达到每年数十亿美元。