CNN美国有线新闻 人工智能会取代人类工作吗？

January's U.S. jobs report surprised a lot of economists¹.

美国1月份的就业报告令许多经济学家感到意外。

The results showed far more jobs added than expected and the unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent, the lowest since May of 1969.

调查结果显示，新增就业岗位远超预期，失业率降至3.4%，为1969年5月以来的最低水平。

With America adding more than half a million jobs last month, we're getting more surprising clues about the overall state of the U.S. economy, and it comes as the country grapples with the impact and usefulness of new artificial intelligence platforms.

美国上个月增加了50多万个就业岗位，关于美国经济的整体状况，我们得到了更多意外的线索，而此时美国正在努力解决新型人工智能平台的影响与用途。

Some worry that one day sooner than later a plethora² of jobs could be taken away from real humans and given to robots and computers that could presumably do the work faster, cheaper, et cetera.

一些人担心，迟早有一天，大量的工作可能会从真人手中夺走，交给机器人和计算机去做，它们想必可以更快速地完成工作，也比真人更便宜。

CNN business and politics correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich sat down with an expert to discuss whether this threat is real or imagined.

CNN商业兼政治记者瓦妮莎·尤尔科维奇与一位专家坐下来讨论这种威胁是真实存在，还是想象出来的。

Which jobs is AI coming after first?

人工智能首先会做哪些工作?

If you're a middle manager, you're doomed³.

如果你是中层经理，你就完蛋了。

Any kind of commodity sales person, report writers and journalists, accountants and bookkeepers and oddly enough doctors who are looking -- who specialize in things like drug interactions.

还有各类商品销售员、报告写手与记者、会计与簿记员，说来也怪，还有专门研究药物相互作用等问题的医生。

Do you mean out of a job?

你是说失业?

No.

不是。

Or you mean that part of your job?

那你是说这会取代你工作的一部分?

OK.

好吧。

That's the relief a lot of Americans are looking for right now.

这是许多美国人正在寻找的换班工人。

Will it take my job?

人工智能会抢走我的工作吗?

Yes and no. It's not going to replace you. Someone who knows how to use it well is going to take your job and that's a guarantee.

说不准。人工智能不会取代你。知道如何很好地使用它的人将会取代你的工作，这是确定的。

By 2025, the World Economic Forum⁴ predicts that 85 million jobs will be displaced by automation and technology, but it will also create 97 million new roles.

世界经济论坛预测，到2025年，自动化技术将取代8500万个工作岗位，但也将会创造9700万个新岗位。

We've seen it before in the auto⁵ industry.

我们以前在汽车行业就见到过这种情况。

While the auto worker may be displaced because they are not as good at welding or as painting as the robot, there's probably 35 people that have to be involved in the creation and maintenance of that device that welds better than a person.

虽然汽车工人可能会被取代，因为他们不像机器人那样擅长焊接或粉刷，但可能有35个人必须参与到制造和维护这个焊接技术比人更好的设备中去。

And that's what happened at Carbon Robotics.

这就是Carbon Robotics公司所发生的事情。

Former auto workers now are building an AI laser weeder in Detroit for farms.

这家汽车公司的前工人现在正在底特律为农场建造一台人工智能激光除草机。

"The laser weeder still operated by a human but run by AI, can do the work of between 40 to 80 people,"says the CEO, "filling roles that are hard to find humans for."

“激光除草机仍然由人类操作，但运行是由人工智能负责的，人工智能可以做40到80人的工作，”首席执行官说，“填补了人类难以胜任的角色”

This music is composed solely⁶ by artificial intelligence called AIVA. It even has an album you can stream.

这种音乐完全由人工智能AIVA创作。甚至有一张你可以播放的专辑。

AI music is more affordable⁷. There's no producer, composer or artist to pay.

人工智能音乐更实惠。不用向制作人、作曲家、艺术家支付报酬。

1 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 plethora   

n.过量，过剩

参考例句：

• Java comes with a plethora of ready-made types.Java配套提供了数量众多的现成类型。
• A plethora of new operators will be allowed to enter the market.大批新的运营商将获准进入该市场。

3 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。