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Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, they encourage imagination, and they teach problemsolving skills. They can also provide moral (道德的) lessons.
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 and let artificial intelligence (AI) take it 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 Gates.
“The collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in socially acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature，” said Mark Riedl, an associate professor of interactive computing at Georgia Tech, who has been working on the technology with research scientist Brent Harrison. So they believe that story comprehension in robots can also get rid of violent or dangerous behavior and help them make choices that won't harm humans and still achieve the intended purpose.
Their system is called “Quixote”. The example story involves going to a chemist to buy some medication for a human who needs it as quickly as possible. The robot has three choices. It can wait in line; it can communicate with the chemist politely and buy the medicine; or 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 medication and a punishment signal for taking it without permission. In this way, it learns the “moral” way to behave in that situation.
1．What is the concern of the three top technology experts mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A．The difficulties of the GIT scientists.
B．The high costs of AI development.
C．The problems with moral lessons.
D．The potential threat from robots.
2．Which of the following inspired the idea of the study?
A．Kids' great interest in fairy tales.
B．Stories' moral influence on children.
C．The link between stories and cultures.
D．Robots' creative ability to read stories.
3．What is most important for the robot in the example story?
A．Buying the cheapest medicine.
B．Getting the most effective medicine.
C．Buying the medicine from the best chemist.
D．Getting the medicine in the shortest time.
4．What is the role of Quixote when the robot buys the medicine?
A．Help the robot choose the right medicine.
B．Give the robot specific instructions.
C．Offer the robot a lot of rewards.
D．Send out various signals.
