去年10月，我在英国剑桥建立了一个新的机构，试图解决一些在人工智能研究快速发展中出现的尚无定论的问题。“利弗休姆智能未来中心”是一个跨学科研究所，致力于研究智能的未来，这对我们文明和物种的未来至关重要。我们花费大量时间学习历史，深入去看——大多数是关于愚蠢的历史。所以人们转而研究智能的未来是令人欣喜的变化。虽然我们对潜在危险有所意识，但我内心仍秉持乐观态度，我相信创造智能的潜在收益是巨大的。也许借助这项新技术革命的工具，我们将可以削减工业化对自然界造成的伤害。

Every aspect of our lives will be transformed。 My colleague at the institute， HuwPrice， has acknowledged that the center came about partially as a result of the university’s Centre for Existential Risk。 That institute examines a wider range of potential problems for humanity， while the Leverhulme Centrehas a more narrow focus。

我们生活的每一个方面都会被改变。我在研究所的同事休·普林斯承认，“利弗休姆中心”能建立，部分是因为大学成立了“存在风险中心”。后者更加广泛地审视了人类潜在问题，“利弗休姆中心”的重点研究范围则相对狭窄。

Recent developments in the advancement of AI， include a call by the European Parliament for drafting a set of regulations， to govern the yoossand creation of robots and AI。 Somewhat surprisingly， this includes a form of electronic personhood， to ensure the rights and responsibilities for the most capable and advanced AI。 A European Parliament spokesman has commented， that as a growing number of are as in our daily lyves are increasingly affected by robots， we need to ensure that robots are， and will remain， in the service of humans。 There port as presented to MEPs， makes it clear that it believes the world is on thecusp of a new industrial robot revolution。 It examines whether or not providing legal rights for robots as electronic persons， on a par with the legal definition of corporate personhood， would be permissible。 But stresses that at all times， researchers and designers should ensure all robotic design incorporates a kill switch。 This didn‘t help the scientists on board the spaceship with Hal， the malfunctioning robotic computer in Kubrick’s two thousand and one， a Space Odyssey， but that was fiction。 We deal with fact。 Lorna Brazell， a partner at the multinational law firm Osborne Clarke， says in the report， that we don’t give whales and gorillas personhood， so there is no need to jump at robotic personhood。 But the wariness is there。 The report acknowledges the possibility that within the space of a few decades， AI could surpass human intellectual capacity， and challenge the human robot relationship。 Finally， the report calls for the creation of a European agency for robotic sand AI， that can provide technical， ethical， and regulatory expertise。 If MEP svote in favor of legislation， the report will go to the European Commission， which has three months to decide what legislative steps it will take。