对我们中的许多人来说，人工智能（AI）最初只是一种玩物。我们让它写诗、安排日程；我们分享它那些更有趣的错误。随后，它变成了值得信赖的东西：摆脱单调工作的出路、各行各业的助手，甚至可能是新工业革命的开端。如今，它变成了令人恐惧的东西。
For many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) started out as something to play with. We asked it to write poems and arrange our calendars; we shared its more entertaining mistakes. Then it became something to believe in: an escape from drudgery, an assistant to every profession, even perhaps the start of a new industrial revolution. Now it is something to fear.
这一进程令人惊叹。各国政府正争相制定AI战略，公司正在重组运营……
The progression has been astonishing. Governments are scrambling to draw up AI strategies, companies are reorganising operations and...