Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination, and teach problem -solvin
英语试题 08-15
Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination, and teach problem -solving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social rules that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean much to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) believes it has found a way to turn the instructive fable (寓言) into a moral lesson that artificial intelligence (AI) can take to its cold, mechanical heart.
This, the researchers hope, will help prevent the intelligent robots from harming or even killing humanity, which is predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill Cates.
Mark Riedl an associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Tech believes that the collected stories of different cultures not only teach children how to behave well but also teach robots how to get rid of violent or dangerous behaviour and help them make choices that won't harm humans and still achieve the intended purpose.
The system is called “Quixote”. The experiment involves going to a chemist to buy some medicine for a human who needs it as soon as possible. The robot has three choices. It can wait in line; it can communicate with the chemist politely and buy the medicine; it can steal the medicine. Without any further instructions, the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of getting the medicine is to steal it. Quixote offers a reward signal for waiting in line and politely buying the medicine and a punishment signal for taking it without permission. In this way, it learns the “moral” way to behave in that situation.
Quixote would work best on a robot that has a very limited function. It's a baby step in the direction of teaching more moral lessons into robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most efficient means.
9. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The moral lessons learned by a robot. B. The coexistence of human beings and AI.
C. The new function of the fairy tales on AI. D. The different applications of the fairy tales.
10. What are the three technology experts mentioned in Paragraph 2 concerned about?
A. The potential threat from robots. B. The problems with moral lessons.
C. The high costs of AI development. D. The difficulties of the GIT scientists.
11. How does Quixote help the robot behave morally in the experiment?
A. By offering the robot rewards. B. By sending the robot different signals.
C. By helping the robot make right choice. D. By giving the robot specific instructions.
12. Which of the following may the author agree with?
A. The development of robots is still in a baby step.
B. Robots should have the ability to understand the fairy tales.
C. The more functions the robot has, the better Quixote works.
D. It is necessary to train robots to follow the social values.
【答案】
This, the researchers hope, will help prevent the intelligent robots from harming or even killing humanity, which is predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill Cates.
Mark Riedl an associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Tech believes that the collected stories of different cultures not only teach children how to behave well but also teach robots how to get rid of violent or dangerous behaviour and help them make choices that won't harm humans and still achieve the intended purpose.
The system is called “Quixote”. The experiment involves going to a chemist to buy some medicine for a human who needs it as soon as possible. The robot has three choices. It can wait in line; it can communicate with the chemist politely and buy the medicine; it can steal the medicine. Without any further instructions, the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of getting the medicine is to steal it. Quixote offers a reward signal for waiting in line and politely buying the medicine and a punishment signal for taking it without permission. In this way, it learns the “moral” way to behave in that situation.
Quixote would work best on a robot that has a very limited function. It's a baby step in the direction of teaching more moral lessons into robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most efficient means.
9. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The moral lessons learned by a robot. B. The coexistence of human beings and AI.
C. The new function of the fairy tales on AI. D. The different applications of the fairy tales.
10. What are the three technology experts mentioned in Paragraph 2 concerned about?
A. The potential threat from robots. B. The problems with moral lessons.
C. The high costs of AI development. D. The difficulties of the GIT scientists.
11. How does Quixote help the robot behave morally in the experiment?
A. By offering the robot rewards. B. By sending the robot different signals.
C. By helping the robot make right choice. D. By giving the robot specific instructions.
12. Which of the following may the author agree with?
A. The development of robots is still in a baby step.
B. Robots should have the ability to understand the fairy tales.
C. The more functions the robot has, the better Quixote works.
D. It is necessary to train robots to follow the social values.
【答案】
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