Certain forms of AI are indeed becoming ubiquitous. For example, algorithms（算法）carry out huge volumes of trading on our financial markets, self-driving cars are appearing on city streets, and our smartphones are translating from one language into another. These systems are sometimes faster and more perceptive than we humans are. But so far that is only true for the specific tasks for which the systems have been designed. That is something that some A I developers are now eager to change.
确实，某些形式的人工智能正在变得无处不在。例如，算法在我们的金融市场上执行着大量的交易，自动驾驶汽车出现在城市街道上，我们的智能手机正在将一种语言翻译成另一种语言。这些系统有时比我们人类更快、更敏锐。但到目前为止，这只是针对系统被设计用于的特定任务而言。这正是一些人工智能开发者现在急切希望改变的事情。

Some of today’s AI pioneers want to move on from today’s world of “weak” or “narrow” AI, to create “strong” or “full” AI, or what is often called artificial general intelligence（A GI）. In some respects, today’s powerful computing machines already make our brains look weak. A GI could, its advocates say, work for us around the clock, and drawing on all available data, could suggest solutions to many problems. DM, a company focused on the development of A GI, has an ambition to “solve intelligence”. “If we’re successful,” their mission statement reads, “we believe this will be one of the most important and widely beneficial scientific advances ever made.”
今天的一些人工智能先驱希望从当前的“弱”或“狭”人工智能世界迈向创造“强”或“全”人工智能，或者通常被称为人工通用智能（AGI）。在某些方面，今天强大的计算机已经让我们的大脑相形见绌。AGI的支持者表示，它可以全天候为我们工作，并利用所有可用数据，为许多问题提供解决方案。DM，一家专注于开发AGI的公司，有一个“解决智能问题”的雄心。他们的使命宣言写道：“如果我们成功了，我们相信这将是迄今为止最重要、最广泛有益的科学进步之一。”

Since the early days of AI, imagination has outpaced what is possible or even probable. In 1965, an imaginative mathematician called Irving Good predicted the eventual creation of an “ultra-intelligent machine…that can far surpass all the intellectual（智力的）activities of any man, however clever.” Good went on to suggest that “the first ultra-intelligent machine” could be “the last invention that man need ever make.”
自人工智能早期以来，想象力就已经超越了可能甚至可能实现的范围。1965年，一位富有想象力的数学家欧文·古德预测了最终将创造出一种“超智能机器……其智力活动可以远远超过任何人，无论多么聪明。”古德接着提出，“第一台超智能机器”可能是“人类需要制造的最后一个发明”。

Fears about the appearance of bad, powerful, man-made intelligent machines have been reinforced（强化）by many works of fiction—Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Terminator film series, for example. But if AI does eventually prove to be our downfall, it is unlikely to be at the hands of human-shaped forms like these, with recognisably human motivations such as aggression（敌对行为）. Instead, I agree with Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom, who believes that the heaviest risks from A GI do not come from a decision to turn against mankind but rather from a dogged pursuit of set objectives at the expense of everything else.
对于恶劣、强大、人造智能机器的出现，许多虚构作品加强了人们的恐惧——例如玛丽·雪莱的《科学怪人》和《终结者》电影系列。但是，如果人工智能最终证明是我们的毁灭，它不太可能是像这些具有可识别的人类动机（如侵略性）的人类形态。相反，我同意牛津大学哲学家尼克·博斯特罗姆的看法，他认为AGI带来的最大风险不是决定反抗人类，而是在牺牲一切其他事物的情况下，对设定目标的执着追求。

The promise and danger of true A GI are great. But all of today’s excited discussion about these possibilities presupposes the fact that we will be able to build these systems. And, having spoken to many of the world’s foremost AI researchers, I believe there is good reason to doubt that we will see A GI any time soon, if ever:
真正的AGI的前景和危险性是巨大的。但是，今天所有关于这些可能性的激动讨论都预设了一个事实，即我们将能够构建这些系统。而且，在与世界上许多顶尖的人工智能研究人员交谈后，我相信我们有很好的理由怀疑我们是否会很快看到AGI，如果有的话：

1. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph I probably mean? （ ）
   A. Enormous in quantity. B. Changeable daily.
   C. Stable in quality. D. Present everywhere.
   答案：D

2. What could A GI do for us, according to its supporters? （ ）
   A. Help to tackle problems. B. Make brains more active.
   C. Benefit ambitious people. D. Set up powerful databases.
   答案：A

3. As for Irving Good’s opinion on ultra-intelligent machines, the author is __. （ ）
   A. supportive B. disapproving
   C. fearful D. uncertain
   答案：B

4. What can be inferred about A GI from the passage? （ ）
   A. It may be only a dream.
   B. It will come into being soon.
   C. It will be controlled by humans.
   D. It may be more dangerous than ever.
   答案：A