面对人工智能技术发展方向和快速增长的争议愈演愈烈，国会山的参议员对微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨关于人工智能可能导致“十亿人死亡”的警告意见不一。
Senators on Capitol Hill were split on Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to "a billion deaths" amid growing controversy over the technology’s direction and rapid growth.
盖茨是多位就人工智能发展发出警报的科技行业巨头之一，其中包括Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代和OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼。总统唐纳德·特朗普反对放缓人工智能发展的呼吁，认为倒退可能让中国等人工智能竞赛中的竞争对手占据优势。
Gates is one of several industry giants who have sounded the alarm on AI’s advancements, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. President Donald Trumphas pushed back on calls to slow down AI development, arguing a rollback could give an advantage to competitors in the AI race like China.
上周， NBC《新闻访谈室》节目记者问盖茨，人工智能是否可能毁灭人类——一些业内人士曾警告，这种可能性或许会在十年内出现。
Gates made the claim on NBC’s "Meet the Press" last week when he was asked whether AI could wipe out humanity — as some in the industry have warned is a possibility that could happen within a decade.
共和党议员嗅到大型科技公司人工智能末日警告背后的另一番用意：“还有别的情况” “我认为这极其不负责任，”得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁对Fox News Digital说。
GOP LAWMAKERS SMELL SOMETHING ELSE BEHIND BIG TECH'S AI DOOMSDAY WARNINGS: 'SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON' "I think that's incredibly irresponsible," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas told Fox News Digital.
“这还没有一些人工智能业内人士所说的那么严重，他们曾暗示，人类有10%的可能性被彻底消灭，”缅因州独立参议员安格斯·金说。“但我们必须非常严肃地对待此事。‘这项预测让我担心的是，掌控众议院和参议院的共和党人都说，“大家都回家，让人工智能想做什么就做什么吧，”’”马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦说。
"That's not as dire as some of the AI officials who have suggested that there was a 10 percent chance of wiping out all of humanity," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine said. "This is something we have to take very seriously." "What worries me about that prediction is that the Republicans who are in control of the House and the Senate say ‘everybody go home and let AI do whatever they want to do,’" Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said.
科宁声称，盖茨的警告可能助长要求监管的呼声，而最终受益的将是人工智能行业最大的参与者，小型竞争者则会被挤出市场。
Cornyn claimed that Gates’ warning risks fueling calls for regulations that could ultimately benefit the biggest players in the AI industry while crowding out smaller competitors.
“我的意思是，他在制造恐慌，”科宁说。“我担心这样做是为了追求有时所谓的监管俘获，即政府和公众会要求实施监管，而少数头部人工智能公司掌控局面，排挤所有其他竞争者。”不过，金认为，科技公司之间的竞争恰恰说明政府为何应当设置防护措施。
"I mean, he's fear-mongering," Cornyn said. "And I worry that it's in pursuit of what's sometimes called regulatory capture, that the government and the public will demand regulation while a handful of prime AI companies are in control and crowd out any competitors." King, however, argued the competition between tech companies gives reason why the government should implement safeguards.
“总统似乎认为，行业会自我监管，政府不应该介入，”金说。“这种做法的问题在于，这些公司正展开激烈竞争。”他声称，如果公司主动放慢开发速度或自行采取安全措施，就可能因此让竞争对手在行业中取得领先优势，届时它们可能不愿这么做。
"The president seems to think, well, industry will regulate itself. The government shouldn't be involved," King said. "The problem with that is that these companies are engaged in an intense competition." He claimed that companies could then be reluctant to voluntarily slow development or impose their own safeguards if doing so risks allowing competitors to pull ahead in the industry.
“他们最终将不得不作出选择：我们是否应该放慢速度，并采取自己的安全措施？”金解释道。“但如果我们这样做，街对面的竞争对手不会这样做，[反而]会抢先于我们，或者中国会领先于我们。”共和党参议员还就人工智能快速发展带来的另一项担忧发出警告：中国会不会因此取得领先？
"They're gonna be forced to make a decision: Should we slow down and put in our own safeguards?" King explained. "But if we do, our competitor across the street won't and [will] get ahead of us, or China will get ahead of us." Republican senators also warned about another concern surrounding the rapid development of AI: Could China pull ahead?
不只是失控机器人：专家警告，中国真正对美国构成的人工智能威胁已经到来。“听着，我认为我们需要运用常识，”来自北达科他州的共和党参议员约翰·霍文说。“所以我们要发展人工智能。显然，我们需要领先于中国这样的对手，但必须以安全的方式推进。”“我认为，本届政府总体上方向是对的，没有试图对这项技术施加过重限制，因为它将成为我们经济和国家安全的基础。”科宁说。
BEYOND KILLER ROBOTS: CHINA'S REAL AI THREAT TO AMERICA IS ALREADY HERE, EXPERTS WARN "Look, I think we need to use common sense," Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said. "So we want to develop it. Obviously, we need to stay ahead of adversaries like China, but we need to do it safely. " "I think the administration is generally on the right track in not trying to put a heavy hand on this technology, which is going to be fundamental to our economy and our national security," Cornyn said.
围绕人工智能的讨论在本月升温。就在众议院和参议院为中期选举而双双休会前不久，许多民主党人呼吁国会继续开会，处理有关人工智能的担忧，并推动通过实施安全措施的立法。
The conversations around AI ramped up this month, shortly before both the House and Senate went on recess leading up to the midterm elections. Many Democrats called for Congress to stay in session to address the concerns around AI and work to get legislation that enacts safeguards.
“我们负有这份责任，但共和党没有，”沃伦说。“他们说‘让所有人都回家’，因为唐纳德·特朗普根本不想就人工智能采取任何行动。”
"We have a responsibility, but not the Republicans," Warren said. "They say ‘send everybody home,’ because Donald Trump doesn't want to do anything about AI."