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　　作为一个在一线城市读书、工作，英语流利、举止得体的大好青年，你要和身边那些逼格满满的小精英们聊些什么topic才能体现自己是个紧跟时代前沿资讯、不断学习且国际范儿满满的优秀青年、未来中产呢？股市、房价、美国大选？这些似乎都不错，不过，假如能先在谈话中加点科技范儿话题，会显得你更有style。

　　那么问题来了，你知道在当下最活跃的互联网及相关科技行业中，最前沿、最性感的话题是什么吗？答案当然是：人-工-智-能。说起AI、VR、FinTech、Deep Learning、NLU、Computer Vision，这些名词你大概也听过一二，可是如何优雅地用英文秀一秀你对人工智能趋势的涉猎和了解，显示一下你惊人的知识更新能力和语言的quality呢？聪明的办法是，直接跟引领潮流、创造未来的科技企业领袖们学习。

　　不过，在“人工智能+英文”这样的专业领域，跟谁学比较靠谱，确实是个问题。百度CEO李彦宏最近几年巴黎、剑桥、美国全球跑，不管是G20峰会还是国际媒体专访，各种国际场合大秀人工智能，到底是硅谷工程师出身的CEO，说起英语流畅又好听，文法用词也可圈可点。就让我们跟着李彦宏来学一下人工智能的英语描述法吧！

　　Topic 1 :为什么如今AI这么火？

　　Now why AI, all of a sudden, becomes so useful? AI technology, the word “AI” is not new. It was invented 60 years ago. But only until the past 10 years or so we started to realize that AI is actually useful. Because the computing power today is much cheaper than before, and much more powerful than before. And because we have a lot more data than before .With big data and cheap computing power, AI is finally here.

　　人工智能技术非常有用，它不是一个新概念，早在60年前就已经有人创造了“人工智能”这个词，但是直到过去10年，我们才意识到人工智能的重要性，主要是因为今日的计算能力更为廉价和强大。而且，和过去相比较，我们也已经拥有了更多的数据。正是基于这些，人工智能时代才正在到来。

　　Topic2：AI时代已到来，你注意到这些变化了吗？

　　We are entering the next episode, which I call AI-based internet .this episode is also different from PC and different from mobile. You can probably tell from the Baidu search app. In the search box, there is a camera icon there and underneath there is a big microphone icon in the center of the bottom.

　　我们正在走进基于人工智能的互联网时代。人工智能时代不同于PC和移动时代。单从搜索框上你就能看到这一点。现在的搜索框中增加了相机图标，有的搜索引擎底部还有麦克风图标。

　　That’s different from the previous versions. Because we think people can easily use voice or image to express their interests. And we should be able to satisfy that kind of interests.And that is because of AI. Today voice recognition accuracy is very high. In our case, the accuracy is about 97% .What does 97% mean? It means it’s better than a normal human. So, voice recognition has almost matured. It can be used in many areas.

　　这与之前的版本有很大区别。因为对于大众来说，用声音或相机来表达想法更加简单。有了这种需求，我们就应该去满足，关键全在于AI。现在语音识别准确率非常高，百度的准确率达到97%。97%意味着什么呢？意味着其识别能力甚至超过了普通人类。可以看出，语音识别技术已经相当成熟，足以被运用到许多领域。

　　1）AI-based internet：基于人工智能的互联网,人工智能互联网时代

　　2）voice recognition：语音识别

　　Topic3：现在的AI能做什么？没听过自然语言理解你就out了

　　Natural language understanding (NLU) is also a big trend in Internet industry. Companies are working diligently on the so-called virtual assistants. And in our case it’s called Duer. It is a virtual system. You can talk to it using natural language.

　　自然语言理解能力，也是IT业内的一大趋势。最近很多公司在努力研发虚拟助手，以百度为例，我们推出了一款叫作“度秘”的虚拟助手，人们可以用自然语言和它对话。

　　It will be able to tell a joke. It will be able to book a hotel for you. It will be able to answer any questions that you typically need to use search engine to search for. And it’s getting smarter and smarter. We launched that probably a year ago and it’s getting better and better every day. Just over the past months, we use it to interpret the Olympic basketball game and it did very well. It is pretty much like a human interpreter.

　　度秘能讲笑话，帮你订酒店，回答一些一般需要用搜索引擎解决的问题，而且它正在变得越来越智能。“度秘”是我们在一年之前发布的，之后的每一天，它都在不断进步。几个月前我们用它来讲解篮球奥运会比赛，它表现相当好，基本上和人类的解说一样优秀。

　　1) naturallanguage understanding (NLU)：自然语言理解

　　2)virtualassistant：虚拟助手

　　Topic 4：什么？人工智能还会影响就业？我们应该怎么办？

　　We are now at the junction of old technology and new technology .Benefits from the last technological revolution continue to decline and the new technological revolution is emerging, resultingin the technology of artificial intelligence, new materials and new energy.

　　我们正站在新旧技术革命的交界点。上一次技术革命带来的增长红利正在不断减弱，新的技术变革正在酝酿，特别是人工智能、新材料、新能源等为代表的技术正处于质变的前夜。

　　At present, these transformative technologies are still in their infancy ，so large revolutionary effects have not yet occurred. Some people are even worried new technology may cause unemployment. In my view, the experiences of the previous technological revolutions teach us that we should embrace such new technologies actively. We should apply newtechnologies to increase efficiency, improve infrastructure and expand employment.

　　目前，这些颠覆性的新技术尚在萌芽期，还没有形成巨大的产业推动效应，甚至一些人还在担心新技术带来的失业问题。但我认为，历次技术革命的经验告诉我们，我们应该主动拥抱这些新技术变革，利用新技术来提升效率，改善结构和扩大就业。

　　1）the junction of old technology and new technology：新旧技术革命的交界点

　　2）in their infancy：处于萌芽期

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