a synthetic voice 電腦合成的聲音
Professor Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in the world and people remember him for his brilliance and also because he communicates using a synthetic voice generated by a computer – synthetic means it's made from something non-natural.霍金教授是世界最著名的科學家之一。人們記住他的一個原因是他的聰明才智，還有一個原因就是它是通過電腦合成的聲音來與他人溝通的。
a threat to our existence 對我們自身的存在會構成威脅
Well, Professor Hawking said that efforts to create thinking machines are a threat to our existence.霍金教授表示人們試圖創造具有思維能力的機器對我們自身的存在會構成威脅。
surpass 超越
But technology is developing quickly and maybe we should consider the consequences. Some of these very clever robots are already surpassing us, Rob.但是科技在高速發展，或許我們應該考慮一下後果。這些相當聰明的機器人當中有一些已經超越了我們，羅伯。
rebel against their creators 反抗他們的創造者
No, it's not. In many movies and books about robots that think, the robots end up rebelling against their creators.是的。在很多關於會思考的機器人的電影或者書中，這些機器人最後開始反抗他們的創造者。
pursue your objective at any cost 會不惜任何代價實現這個目標
Yes, it is. So the academic explains that if you're a computer responsible for producing paperclips, you will pursue your objective at any cost and even use atoms from human bodies to turn them into paperclips! 是的，是很可怕。所以這位學者解釋說，如果你是一臺負責生產迴紋針的電腦，你會不惜任何代價實現這個目標，甚至使用人體內的原子，將人類變為迴紋針！
have a moral compass 受到道德標準的約束
If Stephen Hawking is worried, I think I might be too. How can we be sure that Artificial Intelligence – be it either a device or software – will have a moral compass?如果史蒂芬·霍金擔心了，我認為我或許也應該擔心。我們怎樣才能保證人工智能——無論是設備還是軟件——受到道德標準的約束呢？
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