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Theperfumemakersthatcan'tsmellathing

這位調(diào)香師名字叫做AI

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【導(dǎo)讀】“科技時(shí)常以冷淡而理性的形象示人，但是香氛這個(gè)門類展現(xiàn)的是一種溫暖，感性

而人性化的接近科技的方法。人工智能與調(diào)香師之間的伙伴關(guān)系正是根植于這種哲學(xué)理念?！?/p>

人工智能將在全球范圍內(nèi)越來(lái)越火熱。這篇文章將顛覆大家對(duì)人工智能的固有觀念?？萍疾?/p>

；僅僅能完成冰冷與理智的工作，隨著技術(shù)進(jìn)步，人工智能將更多出現(xiàn)在人文與藝術(shù)行業(yè)。一

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【難度與字?jǐn)?shù)】CSE7;280words

【主題語(yǔ)境】人與新鮮科技（熱點(diǎn)新聞I人工智能）

【文體&話題】應(yīng)用文I熱點(diǎn)新聞I人工智能與調(diào)香師

【文章來(lái)源】CNN

【時(shí)文閱讀】Theperfumemakersthatcan'tsmellathing

這位調(diào)香師名字叫做AI

Companiesareincreasinglyturningtotechnologyinordertocreatemore

bestselling,uniquefragrancesthatcanbeproducedinjustminutes.

為了在幾分鐘內(nèi)就設(shè)計(jì)出更暢銷、獨(dú)特的產(chǎn)品，香氛公司開(kāi)始越來(lái)越多地借助科技手段。

Lastyear,Swiss-basedfragrancedeveloperGivaudanFragranceslaunched

Carto,anartificialIntelligence-poweredtooltohelpperfumers.

去年，總部位于瑞士的香精公司奇華頓(Givaudan),推出了一款幫助調(diào)香師的名叫

Carto的AI工具。

Usingatouchscreen,theperfumercanpulltogetherdifferentscentsusing

datafromthebrand'svastlibraryoffragranceformulas-amuchmoreefficient

processthanusingspreadsheets.Asmallrobotimmediatelyprocessesthe

fragrancesintoperfumes,makingiteasierforperfumerstotesttheirnewscents.

通過(guò)觸摸屏，調(diào)香師可以調(diào)取品牌龐大的香精配方庫(kù)中的數(shù)據(jù)，將不同的香氣融合在一

起，這要比用電子表格找數(shù)據(jù)更加高效。一個(gè)小型機(jī)器人會(huì)立即將香精加工成香水，方便調(diào)香

師測(cè)試新香。

GermanfragrancehouseSymrisehasgoneonestepfurtherandteamedup

withIBMResearchtocreateanAIcalledPhilyra,namedaftertheGreekgoddess

ofperfume,thatactuallystudiesthearomaticformulasandcustomerdatato

producenewfragrances.

德國(guó)香料公司德之馨(Symrise)則更進(jìn)了一步，與IBM研究院合作了一款以希臘神

話中的香水女神菲呂拉(Philyra)命名的AI產(chǎn)品，這款產(chǎn)品通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)香精配方以及客戶數(shù)據(jù)

來(lái)設(shè)計(jì)新的香氛。

MargauxCaron,globalbeautyanalystforcolourcosmeticsandfragranceat

Mintel,believesartificialintelligenceisapowerfultooltocreatefragrancesthat

areoriginal.

英敏特公司（Mintel）負(fù)責(zé)彩妝和香水的全球美容分析師MargauxCaron認(rèn)為，人

工智能是制造原創(chuàng)香氛的有力工具。

"Technologyandsciencearesometimespicturedandperceivedascoldand

rational,butthefragrancecategoryisdisplayingawarm,emotional,human

approachtoit.ThepartnershipbetweenAIandperfumersisanchoredinthis

philosophy."Shesaid.

她提到，"科技時(shí)常以冷淡而理性的形象示人，但是香氛這個(gè)門類展現(xiàn)的是一種溫暖，

感性而人性化的接近科技的方法。人工智能與調(diào)香師之間的伙伴關(guān)系正是根植于這種哲學(xué)理

Readingcomprehension

1.HowdidCarto,launchedbySwiss-basedfragrancedeveloper,produceunique

fragrance?

A.useanartificialintelligence-poweredtoolstohelpfragrancedeveloper.

B.Usearobottohelpfragrancedeveloper.

C.Usemachinestohelpfragrancedeveloper.

D.Produceuniquefragrancebyitself.

2.Whotestnewscents?

A.Arobot.

B.Atool.

C.Afragrancedeveloperassistedbydatafromthebrand，svastlibraryof

fragranceformulas.

D.Aartificialintelligence-poweredmachine.

3.WhypeopleusedtopictureTechnologyandscienceascoldandrational?

A.Becausetheyhelppeopleinalesswarm,emotional,humanapproachtoit.

B.Becausepeoplelikecoldandrationaltechnologyandscience.

C.Becauserobotsarecoldandrational.

D.Becausepeoplearenotfamiliarwithtechnologyandscience.

4.Whatisthepurposeofthispassage?

A.Tointroduceanewperfumebrand.

B.Topersuadepeopletobuytheperfumeproducedbyartificial

intelligence.

C.Toinstructpeoplehowtomakeperfume.

D.ToreportthenewsaboutperfumeassistedbyanartificialIntelligence-

poweredtool.

雕報(bào)道雕銘躺

文章結(jié)構(gòu)

腮學(xué)沙:雕IAI|熱點(diǎn)確I人工,㈱制豺

para1新的既現(xiàn)*品：uniquefragrancescanbeproducedinjustminutes

Swiss-basedfragrancedeveloperGivaudanFragranceslaunchedCarto,anartificial

para2量件的Intelligence-poweredtooltohelpperfumers.

神目理ARoberthelpedtheperfumerpulltogetherdifferentscentsusingdatafromthe

作母理brand'svastlibraryoffragranceformulastotesttheirnwscents.

.產(chǎn)1a嬸節(jié)GermanfragrancehouseSymrisehasgoneonestepfurtherandteamedupwithIBM

para4raaBTResearchtocreateanAlcalledPhilyra._____________________________________

_公它產(chǎn)gMargauxCaron,globalbeautyanalystforcolourcosmeticsandfragranceatMintel,

para5"律思believesartificialintelligenceisapowerfultool

Technologyandsciencelikethefragrancecategoryisdisplayingawarm,emotional,

para6補(bǔ)充信息2

humanapproachtoit

Wordpower

Wordpower

3.bestselling

bestseiling

UK/.bestseiD]/US/.best'selirj/

adj.最暢銷的

best-sellern.暢銷產(chǎn)品，暢銷書(shū)

NewM)rkTime'sbest-sellers紐約時(shí)報(bào)的暢銷

書(shū)排行榜

best-sellingauthor暢銷書(shū)作家

Wordpower

4.Swiss-based

Swiss-based

adj.總部位于瑞士的

-based表示總部在……

aSwiss-basedchocolatebrand

一個(gè)巧克力品牌總部在瑞士

aSichuan-basedhotpotrestaurant

一家總部在四川的火鍋店

5..-powered

-powered

（形容詞后綴）以??????為動(dòng)力的

ArtificialIntelligencepowered

Wordpower

6.fragranceformulas

fragranceformula

香水配方

fragrancen.香氣；香精

thefragranceofflowers花香

anewfragrancefromDior迪

奧的一款新香水

formulan.配方

7.spreadsheets

spreadsheet

UK/'spredfi:t/US/'spredjl:t/

n.電字表麻

Wordpower

8.goneonestepfurther

goonestepfurther

往前一步

Ifyougoonestepfurther,thingsmightbedifferent.

你如果往前再走丁步」世界可能大不相同。

takeastepback往后退

Ifyoutakeastepbackandeverythingwillgetclear.

退一步海闊天空。

9.teamedup

teamup

組隊(duì)(worktogether;collaborate)

teamupinagame組隊(duì)打游戲

teamupinaconcert共同演出

Wordpower

長(zhǎng)難句解析

GermanfragrancehouseSymrisehasgoneone播0CemanfragrancehouseSymrise

stepfurtherandteamedupwithIBMResearchhasgoneonestepfurtherandteamedupwithIBMResearchtocreateanAlulled

tocreateanAlcalledPhilyra,namedafterthe瓶牖3轆,*_________________________________

Creekgoddessofperfume,thatactually

studiesthearomaticformulasandcustomer進(jìn)分雄后靛嬲而lyra0namedaftertheCreekgoddessofperfume

datatoproducenewfragrances.thatactuallystudiesthearomaticformulasandcustomerdatatoproducenew

fragrances.

解IS微能21(Symrise)艘近-機(jī)邨跚虢跳

H崛翻解瀛嫦戳(Philyra)獺哂,哪

國(guó)腳潴翩麗嫩輒

長(zhǎng)難句解析y提..Asmallrobot

Asmallrobot

immediatelyprocessesprocesses

thefragrancesinto

perfumes,makingit

easierforperfumersto賓曾thefragrancesintoperfumes

testtheirnewscents.

贓分詞作翳悔makingiteasierforperfumerstotesttheirnewscents

同類話題拓展平行文本練習(xí)Al

WHAiAAIr

FromSIRItoself-drivingcars,artificialintelligence(Al)isprogressing

rapidly.Whilesciencefictiono代enportraysAlasrobotswith

human-likecharacteristics,Alcanencompassanythingfrom

Google'ssearchalgorithmstoIBM'sWatsontoautonomous

weapons.

ArtificialintelligencetodayisproperlyknownasnarrowAl(orweak

Al),inthatitisdesignedtoperformanarrowtask(e.g.onlyfacial

recognitionoronlyinternetsearchesoronlydrivingacar).However,

thelong-termgoalofmanyresearchersistocreategeneralAl(AGI

orstrongAl).WhilenarrowAlmayoutperformhumansatwhatever

itsspecifictaskis,likeplayingchessorsolvingequations,AGIwould

outperformhumansatnearlyeverycognitivetask.

WHYRESEARCHAlSAFETY?

Inthenearterm,thegoalofkeepingAl'simpactonsocietybeneficial

motivatesresearchinmanyareas,fromeconomicsandlawto

technicaltopicssuchasverification,validity,securityandcontrol.

Whereasitmaybelittlemorethanaminornuisanceifyourlaptop

crashesorgetshacked,itbecomesallthemoreimportantthatanAl

systemdoeswhatyouwantittodoifitcontrolsyourcar,your

airplane,yourpacemaker,yourautomatedtradingsystemoryour

powergrid.Anothershort-termchallengeispreventinga

devastatingarmsraceinlethalautonomousweapons.

Inthelongterm,animportantquestioniswhatwillhappenifthe

questforstrongAlsucceedsandanAlsystembecomesbetterthan

humansatallcognitivetasks.AspointedoutbyIJ.Goodin1965,

designingsmarterAlsystemsisitselfacognitivetask.Suchasystem

couldpotentiallyundergorecursiveself-improvement,triggering

anintelligenceexplosionleavinghumanintellectfarbehind.By

inventingrevolutionarynewtechnologies,suchasuperintelligence

mighthelpuseradicatewar,disease,andpoverty,andsothe

creationofstrongAlmightbethebiggesteventinhuman

history.Someexpertshaveexpressedconcern,though,thatitmight

alsobethelast,unlesswelearntoalignthegoalsoftheAlwithours

beforeitbecomessuperintelligent.

TherearesomewhoquestionwhetherstrongAlwilleverbe

achieved,andotherswhoinsistthatthecreationofsuperintelligent

Alisguaranteedtobebeneficial.AtFLIwerecognizebothofthese

possibilities,butalsorecognizethepotentialforanartificial

intelligencesystemtointentionallyorunintentionallycausegreat

harm.Webelieveresearchtodaywillhelpusbetterprepareforand

preventsuchpotentiallynegativeconsequencesinthefuture,thus

enjoyingthebenefitsofAlwhileavoidingpitfalls.

HOWCANAlBEDANGEROUS?

MostresearchersagreethatasuperintelligentAlisunlikelyto

exhibithumanemotionslikeloveorhate,andthatthereisnoreason

toexpectAltobecomeintentionallybenevolentor

malevolent.Instead,whenconsideringhowAlmightbecomearisk,

expertsthinktwoscenariosmostlikely:

1.TheAlisprogrammedtodosomething

devastating:Autonomousweaponsareartificialintelligence

systemsthatareprogrammedtokill.Inthehandsofthewrong

person,theseweaponscouldeasilycausemasscasualties.

Moreover,anAlarmsracecouldinadvertentlyleadtoanAlwar

thatalsoresultsinmasscasualties.Toavoidbeingthwartedby

theenemy,theseweaponswouldbedesignedtobeextremely

difficulttosimplyzzturnoff,"sohumanscouldplausiblylose

controlofsuchasituation.Thisriskisonethat/spresentevenwith