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【題目】2017 was an influential year for artificial intelligence (人工智能), not just in terms of the advancement of the technology itself, but also for the development of our understanding of AI’s impact on our society.

When we talk about AI, often we focus on the belief that it is going to take away certain types of jobs. However, we often ignore the fact that this technology will also slowly spread into most of our lives.

Thanks to the development of AI, we are on the highway of IA, (human) intelligence augmentation (增強). Despite the great steps we’ve made in AI development and will continue to make in 2018, we are still years away from AI fully replacing human jobs. However, we are much closer to seeing the impact of AI spread into almost every job and the growth in human intelligence.

Take a doctor for example: AI will soon be able to detect and diagnose common diseases more quickly and accurately than humans. Now, doctors can spend more of their time explaining the possible diagnoses, communicating with patients and developing unique, reliable treatment plans that are most effective for each specific patient.

However, AI is so powerful and its adoption will only accelerate as it begins to help our work and allow us to focus on the parts of our job that are most important. But part of why AI is so attractive is also why it’s so dangerous. That is, that same power allows AI that are making incorrect decisions to do so with greater speed and impact than humans have ever had.

This is why, as AI becomes more useful in 2018, it will also become more closely examined. 2018 will be the year when companies purchasing AI products don’t just ask about the power of AI—they will make sure that it is tested carefully in advance, minimizing their potential unexpected impact.

【1】What does the author suggest in the first two paragraphs?

A. Many jobs should be replaced by AI in the future.

B. People should think more about the impact of AI.

C. AI is too abstract for ordinary people to understand.

D. People care little about the development of AI.

【2】The author takes the example of “the doctor” to explain that .

A. AI always makes right decisions

B. doctors will lose their jobs very soon

C. human intelligence grows with AI

D. humans are no better than AI in medicine

【3】What will be the focus about AI in 2018 according to the author’s prediction?

A. The safety of AI. B. The possibility of replacing humans.

C. Cost reduction. D. Power augmentation.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards AI?

A. Indifferent. B. Negative.

C. Doubtful. D. Objective.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】作者在文中介紹了人工智能的發(fā)展，及其優(yōu)點，也提到了它潛在的危險性。

【1】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段but also for the development of our understanding of AI’s impact on our society.和第二段However, we often ignore the fact that this technology will also slowly spread into most of our lives.可知作者提醒我們應該更多地考慮人工智能的影響，故選B.

【2】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Thanks to the development of AI, we are on the highway of IA, (human) intelligence augmentation (增強).和例子前的However, we are much closer to seeing the impact of AI spread into almost every job and the growth in human intelligence.可知作者利用例子是為了說明人類智力受人工智能的影響也在不斷提高，故選C.

【3】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后兩段中But part of why AI is so attractive is also why it’s so dangerous. That is, that same power allows AI that are making incorrect decisions to do so with greater speed and impact than humans have ever had.和This is why, as AI becomes more useful in 2018, it will also become more closely examined.及文章最后they will make sure that it is tested carefully in advance, minimizing their potential unexpected impact.可知人工智能存在危險性，人工智能在2018年變得更加有用，它也將變得更加嚴格，為的是盡量減少潛在的意外影響。所以人工智能的安全是2018年的重點，故選A.

【4】D

推理判斷題。作者在文中介紹了人工智能的發(fā)展，及其優(yōu)點，也提到了它潛在的危險性。所以作者對人工智能的態(tài)度是客觀的，故選D.