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進入中英對照讀新聞》Bill Gates Warns AI Powerful Enough to Lead to ‘a Billion Deaths’ 比爾蓋茲警告 AI強大到足以導致「10億人死亡」
微軟共同創辦人比爾‧蓋茲。（美聯社）
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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence is a "powerful enough" tool to kill off a substantial portion of humanity, joining a growing chorus of tech leaders and employees calling attention to AI’s existential risks.
微軟共同創辦人比爾‧蓋茲警告，人工智慧是「強大到足以」屠殺大量人口的工具；越來越多科技領袖與業界員工呼籲，關注AI引發的生存危機，而蓋茲加入該行列。
"AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths," Gates said. "There’s never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools."
「AI確實強大到足以推動導致10億人死亡的事件，」蓋茲說，「從未有比心懷惡意者結合使用最新AI工具還強大的武器」。
Silicon Valley has escalated warnings about the potential for catastrophic harms from AI as the technology rapidly improves.
隨著AI技術迅速進展，矽谷對於AI可能造成的災難性傷害已升高警訊。
Jacob Coxon, a rank-and-file staffer at Anthropic PBC, quit his job earlier this month and accused both his former employers — Anthropic and OpenAI — of "gambling with our lives" by "racing toward super-intelligent AI."
Anthropic基層員工雅各布‧考克斯本月初辭去工作，並指控他的兩個前雇主Anthropic與OpenAI「拿我們的生命作賭注，競相發展超智慧AI」。
新聞辭典
kill off：滅絕、殺光。例句：The use of pesticides is killing off birds and fish.（殺蟲劑的使用正使鳥類和魚類走向滅絕。）
rank-and-file：基層員工、一般成員。例句：The rank-and-file worker got an uncommon honor.（這名基層勞工獲得非凡的榮譽。）
