作为“全世界最具智慧的头脑”，剑桥大学物理学家斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金教授在前沿科技领域的探索和思考从未止步。4月初，长城会创始人兼董事长文厨和长城会CEO郝义亲赴英国与霍金教授探讨科学复兴、人工智能等相关议题。霍金教授专门为GMIC北京2017大会做了主题为“让人工智能造福人类及其赖以生存的家园”的视频演讲，并回答了中国科技大咖、科学家、投资家和网友的8个问题。
Guiding AI to Benefit Humanity and the Environment
《让人工智能造福人类及其赖以生存的家园》
演讲全文如下
Over my lifetime， I have seen very significant societal changes。 Probably one of the most significant， and one that is increasingly concerning people today， is the rise of artificial intelligence。 In short， I believe that the rise of powerful AI，will be either the best thing， or the worst， ever to happen to humanity。 I have to say now， that we do not yet know which。 But we should do all we can， to ensure that its future development benefits us， and our environment。 We have no other option。 I see the development of AI， as a trend with its own problems that we know must be dealt with， now and into the future。
在我的一生中，我见证了社会深刻的变化。其中最深刻的，同时也是对人类影响与日俱增的变化，是人工智能的崛起。简单来说，我认为强大的人工智能的崛起，要么是人类历史上最好的事，要么是最糟的。是好是坏，我不得不说，我们依然不能确定。但我们应该竭尽所能，确保其未来发展对我们和我们的环境有利。我们别无选择。我认为人工智能的发展，本身是一种存在着问题的趋势，而这些问题必须在现在和将来得到解决。
The progress in AI research and development is swift。 And perhaps we should all stop for a moment， and focus our research， not only on making AI more capable， but on maximizing its societal benefit。 Such considerations motivated the American Association for Artificial Intelligence‘s， two thousand and eight to two thousand and nine， Presidential Panel on Long-Term AI Futures， which up to recently had focused largely on techniques， that are neutral with respect to purpose。 But our AI systems must do what we want them to do。 Inter-disciplinary research can be a way forward： ranging from economics， law， and philosophy， to computer security， formal methods， and of course various branches of AI itself。
