时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2014年VOA慢速英语(八)月


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AS IT IS 2014-08-18 A Big Step Forward in Artificial Intelligence Research 人工智能研究获大突破


The American computer company IBM says it has developed a microprocessor 1 -- a computer chip -- that works much like the human brain.


IBM calls the chip TrueNorth. It is the size of a postage stamp. The chip has 5.4 billion tiny parts that work like the human brain’s neurons and synapses 2. Neurons and synapses are the cells and electric forces that carry messages to and from the brain.


TrueNorth has 1 million neurons and 256 million synapses. The human brain has 100 billion neurons and up to 150 trillion synapses. IBM says it can program the new chip to understand difficult problems and then solve them as humans would.


The company says the TrueNorth chip could be used as a brain for search-and-rescue robots. It can also be used for controlling new kinds of wheelchairs or for recording 3 conversations involving several people and then making a printed record of those conversations.


TrueNorth is still being tested. But IBM says it could be available for public use in two to three years.


The chip is just one example of machines becoming more and more like humans. This field of study is called artificial intelligence, or AI. Some experts believe computers will someday become more intelligent than humans.


Researchers are trying to develop ways for humans and computers to work together more closely. Someday, humans and computers may be joined. The combination of a human and a computer is called a cyborg.


Jonathan Mugan has written a book about the relationship between humans and computers, called “The Curiosity Cycle.” He told VOA by email that it is time to prepare for a future where computers have more control over our lives.


In his words, “machines are technology. And technology expands as human knowledge expands. By contrast, human intelligence developed through evolution, which is a much slower process.”


Mr. Mugan believes that smarter computers are good for humans. He says intelligent machines can help humans solve many of our most difficult problems.


But he says “once computers become broadly smarter than humans, it’s hard to predict what will happen.”



n.微信息处理机
  • I've got a typerwriter with a microprocessor.我有一台装有微处理机的打字机。
  • I decided to write a program for a microprocessor.我决定为微处理机编制一套程序。
n.(神经元的)突触( synapse的名词复数 );染色体结合( synapsis的名词复数 );联会;突触;(神经元的)触处
  • Nerve cells communicate with one another at the synapses, where their membranes almost touch. 神经细胞在突触部位彼此沟通,在这里它们的膜几乎接触到一起了。 来自辞典例句
  • Glutamatergic synapses are common excitatory chemical connections in mammalian central nervous system. 谷氨酸性突触是哺乳动物神经系统的主要兴奋性突触。 来自互联网
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
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