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But that doesn’t mean crucial ethical issues involving AI aren’t at hand. The coming use of autonomous vehicles poses thorny ethical questions. Human drivers sometimes must make split-second decisions. Their reactions may be a complex combination of instant reflexes, input from past driving experiences, and what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment. AI "vision" today is not nearly as sophisticated as that of humans. And to anticipate every imaginable driving situation is a difficult programming problem.
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poses ... questions提出......的问题
autonomous vehicles无人驾驶汽车
split-second decisions瞬间做出的决定
at hand在手边,在近处;很快就会发生
难句突破
That doesn’t mean crucialethical issuesinvolving AIaren’tat hand.
该句宾语从句中的主语是ethical issue, 它的动词是aren"t, issue后面的involving AI是非谓语动词短语做后置定语修饰道德问题。
Their reactions may be a complex combination of instant reflexes, input from past driving experiences, and what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment.
本句的主干是Their reactions may be a complex combination,然后复杂的组合包括了A、B、C三个内容。
A= instant reflexes
B= input from past driving experiences
C= what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment.
不管是A、B两个名词短语还是C这个宾语从句,他们都是名词性的,我们分析句子结构的时候就把他们当成三个名词即可。
原创译文
但这并不意味着涉及人工智能的关键道德问题离我们很远。无人驾驶汽车带来了棘手的伦理问题。人类驾驶员有时必须在瞬间做出决定,他们的反应可能是一个复杂的组合,包括即时反应,过去的驾驶经验的提取,以及那一刻他们看到和听到的情况。现在,人工智能的“视觉”还远不如人类的复杂。预测所有的驾驶状况是一个困难的编程问题。
必备词汇
crucial
adj. 至关重要的
thorny
adj. 棘手的;引起争议的
ethical
adj. 道德的,伦理的
split-second
adj. 一瞬间做出的
instant
adj. 立刻的
reflex
n. 本能反应
vision
adj. 视力,视野
sophisticated
adj. .复杂的
anticipate
v. 预料,预见
imaginable
adj. 可以想象的到的
programming
n. 编程
写作积累
“THE BIRTHDAY of a new world isat hand.”
托马斯·潘恩(Thomas Paine)写下了这句话:“新世界诞生在即。”从此,美国被视为新大陆,而欧洲代表了旧大陆。
我们用at hand造个句子:
考试临近的时候,学生们总时会熬夜苦读。
When the exam is at hand, students always burn the midnight oil.
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