A: I’m a bit freaked out. I saw a documentary last night about meteor impacts.
B: Why worry about that? There’s hardly likely to be one in your lifetime.
A: There was one before that wiped out the dinosaurs. That’s why they became extinct.
B: Apparently so, but that was 66 million years ago.
A: 我有一點嚇到了,昨晚看了一部關於流星撞擊影響的紀錄片。
B: 為什麼要擔心那種事情?你一輩子都很難碰到一次。
A: 曾經有一次流星撞擊消滅了恐龍。這就是他們滅絕的原因啊。
B: 好像真的是這樣,但那是六千六百萬年前的事情了。
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A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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A: As generative AI keeps evolving, the use of AI technology to “resurrect” people has become an ethical issue. B: The late singer CoCo Lee’s mother even denounced such AI videos featuring CoCo as causing secondary harm. A: But some seem to have a different view. B: How so? A: Like the late singer Whitney Houston’s family is happy to hold hologram concerts, so more fans can admire the legendary pop diva. A: 生成AI技術日新月異,讓死者重現的「AI復活最近也引爆了道德爭議! B: 像李玟的媽媽就抱怨,讓李玟「復活」的影片對她造成二次傷害。 A: 不過也有許多人持不同的意見。 B: 怎麼說? A: 像已故歌后惠妮休斯頓的家人,就很樂意舉辦全息投影演唱會,讓歌迷能欣賞傳奇天后的風采。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)