VOA常速英语:EmTech at MIT: Where Technology’s Future First Appears

For the IT community, EmTech’s annual conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an event equal to the Hollywood Academy Awards.Guests in the past have included the founders of Google and Facebook.We talk about those technologies that matter and we’ll have a biggest impact on society and it is an opportunity for our editors to put our stories on stage and bring them to life.
在IT界，EmTech在麻省理工学院的年度会议是一个等于好莱坞学院奖的大事，嘉宾曾包括谷歌和脸谱网的创始人。我们谈论当今举足轻重总的高新技术，我的谈论的事将对社会产生极大的影响，这是新闻编辑们演绎我们的故事并使之成为现实的一个机会。

The MIT Technology Review is the most authoritative voice in the global debate about technologies that can change the planet.Articles in this journal give readers an early look at technology and innovation to determine which ideas will be the most exciting for future development.One of this year’s main topics has been artificial intelligence and the impact of related technologies on the economy and also the social and ethical aspects associated with them.
麻省理工学院的技术评论关于科技如何改变地球是全球辩论中最权威的声音。这本杂志的文章让读者提前了解技术和创新，以确定哪些想法将是未来最令人兴奋的发展方向。今年的主要议题之一是人工智能和相关技术对经济以及与它们相关的社会和伦理方面的影响。

Chris Hammond is the head of the research department of the American Company Narrative Science which is engaged in the field of artificial intelligence.
Chris Hammond是从事人工智能领域的美国公司叙事科学研究部门的负责人。

I think the artificial intelligence is still in its nascent phase that is that we have some systems that are kind of intelligent in certain areas but we don’t have anything that looks like human intelligence or super intelligence or anything we would ever vaguely be afraid of.
我认为人工智能还处于刚刚起步的阶段，那就是我们在某些领域有一些智能系统，但我们没有任何看起来像人类智力或超级智能或任何能让我们有一丁点害怕的东西。Hammond’s colleague Stanford University Professor Andrew Ang believes the speed of technology development and artificial intelligence is able to get ahead of expectations and change the whole industry very soon.
哈蒙德的同事斯坦福大学教授Andrew Ang认为，技术发展和人工智能的速度能够超越预期，并很快改变整个行业。

I think artificial intelligence is a new electricity but a hundred years ago the rise of electrification transform every major industry everything from health care, communication, transportation, manufacturing I think AI, artificial intelligence today has advanced the pointwhere we see a surprisingly clear power also transform every industry.
我认为人工智能是一种新的电力，一百年前电气化的兴起改变了每一个主要行业，从医疗、通讯、交通、制造业，我想人工智能已经领先于这个领域了，因为我们看到另一个惊人的力量改变了所有行业。

Interest in EmTech conference is growing every year together with international partners.The MIT Technology Review has recently hosted similar conferences in Singapore and in France.Earlier EmTech conferences introduced advancement in social media and in a few years those ideas conquered the world.This year’s discussions about artificial intelligence may be the guideline for future development in that area.The EmTech conference may soon be called the barometer of technology.
人们对会议与其国际伙伴的兴趣每年都在持续增长。麻省理工学院技术评论最近在新加坡和法国举办了类似的会议。早些时候的会议介绍了社交媒体的先进性，而在几年后的今天那些想法已经征服了世界。今年有关人工智能的讨论可能是该领域未来发展的指导方针。EmTech峰会可能很快就会被称为技术的晴雨表。

For Evgeny Maslov, I am Bob Leverone, VOA News.
美国之音新闻，Evgeny Maslov 口述，Bob Leverone 报道。