A: Ken, do you know the ancient Chinese
game-Go? (围棋)
B: Yes. It is 1 as one of the most difficult
mind games invented. Winning the game was seen as a testament(证明)
of human intelligence(智慧).
A: That is, until a machine found a way to do it better. AlphaGo, an artificial
intelligence(AI, 人工智能) machine built by Google’s DeepMind, won
its first match on March 9 2 South Korean Lee
Se-dol.
B: Really? That was just the beginning. In the following week, AlphaGo did 3
than Lee in three of the next four matches. That makes their five-match
finally score 4 to 1.
A: I’m sure Lee didn’t see that coming when he accepted AlphaGo’s 4
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B: Yes. It turned out that Lee had under-predicted AlphaGo’s great ability.
It has not only 5 rapidly in ways of its
game-playing abilities, but it had also tried to go near to human intuition(直觉),
a key point in many human Go experts(高手).
A: How could a machine make it 6 to beat a
human expert?
B: It is based on AlphaGo’s past experiences. It has studied 30 million
moves from games played by human experts, and it has also played against itself
to improve those moves.
A: Will AI take the place of humans in the future 7 the
rapid development of technology?
B: I am afraid so. AI has become increasingly useful in our lives. If this
situation 8 , in the future, human’s ability to
live on their own will be weakened. We will have to depend on AI to live.
A: I’m in disagreement with you. AI may do certain work perfectly, but it
may not know the reason why it is doing it. It only works in the way it is
programmed to, so it can’t think 9 .
B: Who knows? The machine’s recent victory(胜利) is a perfect huge
success, but it will be for history to judge(评判) its
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