北京针对英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋的明显“美人计”行动，再次证明中国的统治者为了赢得人工智能竞赛将不择手段——而美国反进步的左翼势力必然会试图利用这一丑闻来打击美国产业。
Beijing’s apparent “honeypot” operation against Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is fresh proof China’s rulers will stop at nothing to win the AI race — yet America’s anti-progress left will surely try to use the scandal to cripple the US industry.
既然黄仁勋已承认与爱丽丝·黄有婚外情，据报道监控录像还显示她向中方传递信息（这还只是众多警讯之一），联邦当局绝对需要全面调查此案，并据此对中国进行报复。
Now that Huang has admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, with surveillance reportedly showing her feeding information to the Chinese (among other alarm bells), the feds absolutely need to probe this case fully, and retaliate accordingly against China.
然而，黄仁勋是公认的英伟达发展的驱动力，这家市值4.5万亿美元的公司对人工智能发展至关重要。一些业内消息人士向《纽约邮报》的查尔斯·加斯帕里诺表示，如果民主党人利用他们即将掌控的国会来强行推动此事，黄仁勋无法“挺过”这场婚外情引发的冲击。
Yet Huang is the universally recognized driving force of Nvidia, a $4.5 trillion company key to AI development, and some industry sources tell The Post’s Charles Gasparino that he can’t “survive” the blowback his affair has triggered if Democrats use their coming control of Congress to force the issue.
这种仇恨不仅仅是因为黄仁勋与总统唐纳德·特朗普结盟：民主党中有很大一部分人急于利用人们对人工智能的恐惧。
The hatred isn’t simply because Huang has allied with President Donald Trump: A major part of the party is eager to exploit fears of AI.
参议员伯尼·桑德斯（独立人士-佛蒙特州）最初曾谈到要让美国政府持有每家AI公司一半的所有权，后来转而推动旨在大幅放缓人工智能发展的立法，丝毫不担心这会让中国抢先。
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who at first talked about Uncle Sam seizing ownership of half of every AI firm, has switched to pushing legislation aimed at dramatically slowing AI development, with no worries at all that it could let China race ahead.
民主党人还对对人工智能建设至关重要的数据中心发动了一场战争，散布关于其电力和水资源消耗的种种不实说法，并抨击它们碍眼（好像发电厂和其他关键基础设施是什么美丽的纪念碑似的）。
Democrats have also launched a war on the data centers crucial to AI buildout, pushing myths about their power and water consumption and slamming them as eyesores (as if power plants and other critical infrastructure are monuments of beauty).
预计左翼会从黄仁勋事件中榨取更多政治利益；参议员克里斯·库恩斯（民主党-特拉华州）已经要求“就AI亿万富翁与特朗普政府之间的关系作出回答”。是的，这件事关系重大：尽管英伟达董事会表示“没有理由认为国家安全或英伟达的商业机密受到了损害”，但究竟传递了哪些信息，目前并不完全清楚。
Expect the left to milk the Huang affair for more political gains; Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is already demanding “answers about the relationship between AI billionaires and the Trump administration.”Yes, this plot is huge: Though Nvidia’s board says it “has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised,” it’s not fully clear what info was passed along.
黄仁勋还游说特朗普放松对华人工智能芯片销售限制。前特勤局特工保罗·埃克洛夫不无担忧地表示，这证明他“在决定美国对这一技术的出口政策上拥有令人难以置信的影响力”。
And Huang lobbied Trump to loosen restrictions on AI chip sales to China, proving “incredibly influential in deciding US export policy for this technology,” frets ex-Secret Service agent Paul Eckloff.
然而，中国针对美国人的间谍活动并非新鲜事：方芳曾设局套住时任众议员埃里克·斯瓦尔韦尔及其他政界官员；间谍琳达·孙曾是州长安德鲁·科莫的高级幕僚，在州长凯西·霍楚尔手下职位更高。
Yet Chinese spying on Americans is nothing new: Fang Fang trapped then-Rep. Eric Swalwell and other political officials; spy Linda Sun was a top staffer to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and bigger under Gov. Kathy Hochul.
而黄仁勋的倒台将对整个行业造成重大打击——很可能比间谍活动本身更能助推北京的人工智能发展。
And Jensen Huang’s fall would be a major blow to the industry — likely boosting Beijing’s AI push even more than the espionage itself did.
这或许正合伯尼·桑德斯“进步即坏事”的心意，但这并非国家所需的平衡之道。
That might be music to Bernie Sanders’ “progress is bad” ears, but it’s not the balanced approach the nation needs.
此事对人类未来太过重要。正如特朗普所说：“谁赢得人工智能，谁就赢得一切。”调查黄仁勋。回应中国。但不要让批评者借此事破坏美国追求人工智能霸主地位的进程。
It’s far too important to mankind’s future. As Trump put it, “Whoever wins AI, wins.”Probe Huang. Respond to China. But don’t let critics use this affair to derail America’s quest for AI supremacy.