首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In the weeks since IBM’ s computer, Watson, defeated two flesh-and-blood champions in the quiz show "Jeopardy!" , human intellig
In the weeks since IBM’ s computer, Watson, defeated two flesh-and-blood champions in the quiz show "Jeopardy!" , human intellig
admin
2018-08-25
33
问题
In the weeks since IBM’ s computer, Watson, defeated two flesh-and-blood champions in the quiz show "Jeopardy!" , human intelligence has been punching back. Watson doesn’t "know" anything, experts say. It doesn’t laugh at jokes, cannot carry on a conversation, has no sense of self, and commits embarrassing mistakes no human would consider. What’ s more, it’ s horribly inefficient, requiring a roomful of computers to match what we carry between our ears. And it probably would not have won without its inhuman speed on the buzzer.
This is all enough to make you feel energetic to be human. But focusing on Watson’ s short-comings misses the point. It risks distracting people from the transformation that Watson all but announced on its "Jeopardy!" debut: These question-answering machines will soon be working alongside us in offices and laboratories. Watson is an early sighting of a highly disturbing force.
The key is to regard these computers not as human wannabes but rather as powerful tools, ones that can handle jobs currently held by people. The "intelligence" of the tools matters little. What counts is the information they deliver.
In our history of making tools, we have long adjusted to the disturbances they cause. Imagine an Italian town in the 17th century, a man who has a special sense for the weather, called Luigi. Using his magnificent brain, he picks up on signals—changes in the wind, certain odors, perhaps the flight paths of birds or noises coming from the barn. And he spreads word through the town that rain will be coming in two days, or that a cold front might freeze the crops. Luigi is a valuable member of society.
Along comes a traveling salesman who carries a new instrument invented in 1643 by Evange-lista Torricelli. It’ s a barometer, and it predicts the weather about as well as Luigi. It’ s certainly not as smart as him, if it can be called smart at all. It has no sense of self, is deaf to the animals in the barn, blind to the flight patterns of birds. Yet it comes up with valuable information.
In a world with barometers, Luigi and similar weather experts must find other work for their fabulous minds. Perhaps using the new tool, they can deepen their analysis of weather patterns, keep careful records and then draw conclusions about optimal farming techniques. Maybe some of them drop out of the weather business altogether. The new tool creates both displacement and economic opportunity. It forces people to reconsider how they use their heads.
The author suggests in the last paragraph that new tools
选项
A、add to human power to conquer the world.
B、are very similar to the human mind in principle.
C、can be an incentive for human intellectual improvement.
D、will overtake the human mind in the near future.
答案
C
解析
该题为细节题。由最后一段最后两句“The new tool creates both displacement and economic opportunity.It forces people to reconsider how they use their heads.”可知,新工具在提供劳动替代品的同时,也创造了经济机会,它迫使人们重新思考该如何使用自己的大脑。故选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PiRd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Applecomputerintroduceditspioneering,user-friendlyMackintoshcomputerin1984.The"Mac"quicklybecamepopularandappeare
Applecomputerintroduceditspioneering,user-friendlyMackintoshcomputerin1984.The"Mac"quicklybecamepopularandappeare
Applecomputerintroduceditspioneering,user-friendlyMackintoshcomputerin1984.The"Mac"quicklybecamepopularandappeare
French
MALAYSIAisagogwithspeculation.Thegovernment,whichchargedasittingministerandaprominentbusinessmanwithcorruption
MALAYSIAisagogwithspeculation.Thegovernment,whichchargedasittingministerandaprominentbusinessmanwithcorruption
MALAYSIAisagogwithspeculation.Thegovernment,whichchargedasittingministerandaprominentbusinessmanwithcorruption
WhoseinterestsdoestheCouncilofMinistersrepresent?
随机试题
《海牙规则》的签署时间是()
下列哪项不是肝郁型不孕症的常见病证
(2010年司考试题)甲、乙等六位股东各出资30万元于2004年2月设立一有限责任公司,五年来公司效益一直不错,但为了扩大再生产一直未向股东分配利润。2009年股东会上,乙提议进行利润分配,但股东会仍然作出不分配利润的决议。对此,下列哪些表述是错误的?(
施工机械使用费的索赔不包括( )。
A公司发生如下业务:(1)从B公司购买一批材料,A公司将一张汇票背书转让给B公司作为付款,背书注明“货到后此汇票方生效”;(2)向C公司交付一张支票,C公司在转让前发现该支票未记录个别事项;(3)向银行申请开立临时账户。要求:根据资
下列有关不同行业和经济周期之间的关系说法中正确的是()。
纳税人到外县(市)销售自产应税消费品的,应于应税消费品销售后,回纳税人核算地或销售所在地申报缴纳消费税。()
【2015年辽宁鞍山.多选】关于教育应当根据人的气质差异因势利导的表述,正确的是()。
人民警察辞退,是指公安机关对不具备人民警察条件的人员,不适合在公安机关继续工作的人员,解除其与公安机关任用关系的一种人事行政管理措施。()
《劳动法》规定,因特殊原因需要延长工作时间的,在保障劳动者身体健康的条件下延长时间每日不得超过()小时。
最新回复
(
0
)