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“Siri, what'stheweatherlikeinSanFrancisco£¿”

“Today'sforecastforSanAntoniois...”

“No. SanFRAN­CIS­CO £¡£¡”

“ThetapperSisqowasborninBaltimore, Maryland.”

Sometimes, talking to an artificially intelligent robot is, well, not so intelligent.

Yohav Shoham, the Stanford computer science professor£¬said, “AI has made truly amazing progress in the past decade, but computers still can't exhibit the common sense or the general intelligence of even a 5­year­old.” Yann LeCun, a French scientist, put it more simply. “We're very far from having machines that can learn the most basic things about the world in the way humans and animals can do. In particular areas machines have superhuman performance, but in terms of general intelligence they're not even close to a rat£¬” he explained.

Oren Etzioni, an Israeli scientist, said, “There's a brand of science fiction (С˵) that's very dystopian (·´ÃæÎÚÍаîµÄ). These works of fiction talk about how the world is going to get much worse. I'm too much of an optimist (ÀÖ¹ÛÕß) to get a lot of pleasure out of reading such stories.”

However, robots are becoming smarter. Indeed, our homes are becoming more intelligent when we place devices (É豸) like the Amazon Echo and Google Home on our kitchen counter.But, at least for the moment anyway, we shouldn't feel intimidated by this artificial intelligence.

There are robots that move like animals and robots that offer guidance. There's even a robot that can paint a picture of Einstein and a robot that can fold your laundry. Robots are not taking over the world yet. So for now, we can simply sit back and relax. And have a robot waiter pour us a drink.

1£®What does the dialogue at the beginning of the text tell us?

A£®Robots aren't as smart as we expect.

B£®It isn't easy to forecast the weather correctly.

C£®A speaker may be misunderstood by another.

D£®Weather is a good subject to start a conversation.

2£®What do the scientists think about the artificially intelligent robots now?

A£®They have superhuman performance in kitchen tasks.

B£®They have the common sense of a 5­year­old.

C£®They can only learn the basic things of humans.

D£®They are still poor at general intelligence.

3£®How did Oren find the dystopian science fiction?

A£®Pleasant.    B£®Typical.

C£®Realistic.    D£®Controversial.

4£®What does the underlined word “intimidated” mean?

A£®comforted.    B£®astonished.

C£®threatened    D£®disappointed.