Question

【題目】

The ancient Chinese game Go is considered one of the most complicated strategy games. Winning the game was seen as a test of human creativity. That is, until a machine found a way to do it better. Alpha Go, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine built by Google, won its first match against South Korean Lee Sedol on March 9. Still digesting his loss, Lee said during the post-game press conference, “【1】”

But that was just the beginning. In the following week, Alpha Go outperformed Lee in another three matches. 【2】

Some people have been arguing that AI is harmful to the human race. 【3】 Similarly, UK scientist Stephen Hawking once warned that the “development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race”.

So are we really on the verge(邊緣)of living in the world shown in the Terminator(終結(jié)者)sci-fimovies? “Not quite,” answered The Economist. After all, it’s hard to get computers to apply their knowledge to everyday situations. “【4】” Thomas Johnson said, founder of an AI toy company. “But for a robot, to walk up and down hills requires so many complicated decisions to be made in real time, and it’s really difficult to do.”

As The Economist put it: “We have a long way to go before AI’s abilities truly begin to approach the human brain, despite how powerful the technology can be when focusing on a single task.”

Meanwhile, John Mark off of The New York Times argued that researchers should build artificial intelligence that aims for “intelligence augmentation (增加)” (IA) in which computers make people more effective.

He wrote: “【5】Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make choices using technology to improve the world.”

A. Many robots fell over like little kids learning to walk.

B. We take for granted things like balance and vision.

C. Eventually, our fate is in our own hands.

D. So what is next for AI and humanity?

E. That made the five-match score 4-1 in favor of Alpha Go.

F. In 2014, US businessman Elon Musk said at an MIT conference that developing the technology is calling up a “demon(魔鬼)”.

G. I am in shock; I admit that.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】E

【3】F

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】本文講述了機(jī)器人AlphaGo打敗圍棋高手并引發(fā)的思考。

【1】句意：賽后Lee Sedol一直在分析他的失敗，在賽后新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說(shuō)“我很震驚，我承認(rèn)失敗了�！备鶕�(jù)前文“Still digesting his loss” Lee Sedol一直在分析他的失敗，說(shuō)明他很震驚。故選G。

【2】句意：5盤棋，最終Alpha Go以4:1贏得比賽。根據(jù)“But that was just the beginning. In the following week, Alpha Go outperformed Lee in another three matches.” 但這僅僅是個(gè)開(kāi)始。在接下來(lái)的一周，Alpha Go在另外三場(chǎng)比賽中贏了Lee Sedol。故選E。

【3】句意：2014，美國(guó)商人Elon Musk在麻省理工學(xué)院的會(huì)議上說(shuō)，技術(shù)的發(fā)展是一個(gè)“召喚惡魔（魔鬼）”根據(jù)上句“Some people have been arguing that AI is harmful to the human race.” 一些人一直認(rèn)為人工智能對(duì)人類有害。以及下文“Similarly, UK scientist Stephen Hawking once warned that the “development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race”.” 同樣，英國(guó)的科學(xué)家Stephen Hawking曾警告說(shuō)，全人工智能的發(fā)展可能會(huì)帶來(lái)人類的終結(jié)”。故選F。

【4】句意：我們想當(dāng)然的幻想達(dá)到一種平衡。根據(jù)“After all, it’s hard to get computers to apply their knowledge to everyday situations.” 畢竟，很難讓計(jì)算機(jī)把他們的知識(shí)運(yùn)用到日常生活中。故選B。

【5】句意：最終，我們的命運(yùn)掌握在自己手中。根據(jù)后文“Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make choices using technology to improve the world.” 由于技術(shù)取決于其創(chuàng)造者的價(jià)值，我們可以選擇使用技術(shù)來(lái)改善世界。故選C。