In 1900, the UK had 3.3mn horses. These animals provided pulling power, transport and cavalry. Today, only recreation is left. Horses are an outmoded technology. Their numbers in the UK have fallen by around 75 per cent. Could humans, too, become an outmoded technology, displaced by machines that are not just stronger and more dexterous but more intelligent, even more creative? The threat, we are told, is remote.
1900年,英國有330萬匹馬。這些牲畜提供牽引力,充當交通工具和騎兵的坐騎。如今只剩下娛樂功能了。馬是一種過時的技術。它們在英國的數量下降了約75%。人類是否也會成為一種過時的技術,被那些不僅更強壯、更靈巧、更智能、甚至更有創造力的機器所取代呢?我們被告知這一威脅還很遙遠。但這是一個觀念問題。也許機器能承擔很多我們需要做的事,還做得比我們更好——除了變成人以及像人類一樣有同情心。
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