Afza Fathima

Physicist and author of the Arti ficial Intelligence Revolution, Louis Del Monte, believes that new arti ficial intelligence technology will threaten the survival of humankind, and in 30 years, probably, the top species on our planet, Earth, will not be humans.

Del Monte believes that we will become cyborgs2. cyborg:（部分機(jī)能由各種電子或電機(jī)裝置代替的）半機(jī)械人，靠機(jī)械裝置維持生命的人。, part human and part machine. Machines have become a part of our lives already where in cases required, arti ficial limbs have replaced our own, we feel that without computers and our gadgets we are handicapped.3. 機(jī)器在很多情況下已經(jīng)成為了我們生活的一部分，人造肢體取代了我們自己的，我們感覺沒有電腦和各種智能設(shè)備我們就變殘疾了。limb: 肢，臂，腿；gadget: 小巧的機(jī)械裝置；handicapped: 殘疾的，有生理缺陷的。Machines have been helping us in our day to day life wherein4. wherein: 在其中。they improve productivity and our quality of life. They are also helping us make big breakthroughs5. breakthrough: 突破。in medical technology.

Del Monte is concerned that the machine will become more intelligent than humans when a scenario of man versus machine creeps in and that these machines might view humans as unpredictable and dangerous.6. 德爾·蒙特?fù)?dān)心機(jī)器的智能將會(huì)超過人類，當(dāng)人類和機(jī)器對抗這一情景悄然而至的那天，機(jī)器可能會(huì)將人類視為難以預(yù)測和危險(xiǎn)的對手。scenario: 情景；versus: 對決，對抗；creep in: 悄然而至，侵襲；unpredictable: 不可預(yù)測的。

霍金警告說人工智能最終或許將威脅人類的生存，并說：“成功制造出一臺(tái)人工智能機(jī)器人將是人類歷史上的里程碑。但不幸的是，它也可能會(huì)成為我們歷史上最后的一個(gè)里程碑，除非我們能學(xué)會(huì)如何去規(guī)避這種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?！币苍S有一天，當(dāng)機(jī)器人理解到自己不需要人類也能夠像一個(gè)真正的智慧生物那樣活著的時(shí)候，人類的麻煩就真的來了。

Del Monte said, “Today there’s no legislation regarding how much intelligence a machine can have, how interconnected it can be.7. legislation: 立法，法規(guī)；interconnected: 連通的，互聯(lián)化的。If that continues, look at the exponential trend8. exponential trend: 指數(shù)趨勢。. We will reach the singularity in the time frame most experts predict.9.我們將會(huì)到達(dá)多數(shù)專家預(yù)測的時(shí)間幀上的奇點(diǎn)。singularity: 奇點(diǎn)，物理學(xué)中的概念，指時(shí)空中的一個(gè)普通物理規(guī)則不適用的點(diǎn)，文中指人類大腦與人工智能相融合的時(shí)刻。From that point on you’re going to see that the top species will no longer be humans, but machines.” He warns that the machines will start protecting themselves by acquiring such capabilities and might start viewing humans as enemies. His prediction is that between 2040 and 2045, machines will become superior to10. superior to: 優(yōu)于。that of human intelligence.

He believes, “It won’t be the ‘Terminator11. Terminator : 科幻影片《終結(jié)者》?！?scenario, not a war. In the early part of the post-singularity world, one scenario is that the machines will seek to turn humans into cyborgs. This is nearly happening now,replacing faulty12. faulty: 缺損的。limbs with arti ficial parts. We’ll see the machines as a useful tool. Productivity in business based on automation will be increased dramatically in various countries. In China it doubled, just based on GDP per employee due to use of machines. By the end of this century,most of the human race will have become cyborgs (part human, part tech or machine). The allure will be immortality.13. allure: 誘惑力；immortality:不朽，永生。Machines will make breakthroughs in medical technology, most of the human race will have more leisure time, and we’ll think we’ve never had it better. The concern I’m raising is that the machines will view us as an unpredictable and dangerous species.”