Former Google CEO Schmidt: meta's meta universe is not necessarily a good thing for humans

这位前谷歌高管并不是唯一一位担心人工智能的人。近几个月来，这项技术越来越受到商界领袖的批评，包括特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）。马斯克说，他对公司人工智能的透明度和安全性"信心不足"。与此同时，一些分析师表示，增强现实技术的滥用风险甚至高于社交媒体。

The former Google executive is not the only one worried about artificial intelligence. In recent months, this technology has been increasingly criticized by business leaders, including Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla. Musk said he had "low confidence" in the transparency and security of artificial intelligence in his company. At the same time, some analysts said that the abuse risk of augmented reality is even higher than that of social media.

在施密特发表讲话之前，Facebook周四宣布将把公司名称改为meta，并将meta universe构建成一个虚拟空间，用户可以在其中使用虚拟角色进行数字交互。最近几周，由于扎克伯格和Facebook对错误信息和仇恨言论的处理，以及社交媒体对青少年和儿童的潜在危害，监管机构对Facebook的要求越来越严格。在此之前，Facebook前员工Frances Haugen（后来成为告密者）向媒体提供了内部文件，表明该公司意识到其产品和服务可能造成伤害，但很难解决这些问题。对此，Facebook首席执行官马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）向媒体表示，人们认为泄露的文件已将Facebook带入舆论漩涡，并迫使该公司改名为meta，这是非常"荒谬"的。

Prior to Schmidt's remarks, Facebook announced on Thursday that it would change the company name to meta and build the meta universe into a virtual space where users can use virtual characters for digital interaction. In recent weeks, due to Zuckerberg and Facebook's handling of misinformation and hate speech, as well as the potential harm of social media to teenagers and children, regulators have been increasingly strict with Facebook. Prior to this, Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who later became a whistleblower, provided internal documents to the media, indicating that the company was aware that its products and services might cause harm, but it was difficult to solve these problems. In this regard, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the media that people believe that the leaked documents have led Facebook into a vortex of public opinion and forced the company name to be changed to meta, which is very "absurd".

扎克伯格在上周四举行的connect开发者大会上表示，"从现在开始，我们将从metauniverse开始，而不是Facebook。这意味着随着时间的推移，您将不再需要Facebook帐户来使用我们的其他服务。随着我们的新品牌开始出现在我们的产品中，我希望世界各地的人们开始了解元品牌和我们所代表的未来。"

Zuckerberg said at the connect developer conference held last Thursday, "From now on, we will start with metauniverse, not Facebook. This means that over time, you will no longer need a Facebook account to use our other services. As our new brand begins to appear in our products, I hope people around the world begin to understand the meta brand and the future we represent."

Facebook和Instagram在年轻人中的使用已经减少，因为tiktok正逐渐被海外版本的tiktok和Snapchat所取代。根据投资银行Piper Sandler的一份报告，81%的受访青少年表示他们使用instagram，这是所有平台中比例最高的。77%的人说他们使用snapchat，73%的人说他们使用tiktok。只有27%的受访者表示他们使用了Facebook，这是所有平台中使用最少的。

The use of Facebook and Instagram in young people has been reduced because they tiktok are increasingly being replaced by overseas versions of TikTok and Snapchat. According to a report by Piper Sandler, an investment bank, 81% of the teenagers surveyed said they used instagram, the highest proportion of all platforms. 77% said they used snapchat and 73% said they used tiktok. Only 27% of respondents said they used Facebook, the least of all platforms.

以下是采访记录：

The following is the interview record:

问：周二，你出版了一本新书《人工智能时代》，该书与亨利·基辛格和丹尼尔·赫滕洛克尔合著。关于人工智能，它是"朋友还是敌人"

Q: on Tuesday, you published a new book, the age of artificial intelligence, CO authored with Henry Kissinger and Daniel huttenlocher. About artificial intelligence, is it "friend or enemy?"

答：人工智能是不精确的，这意味着它作为合作伙伴可能不可靠。它是动态的，因为它总是在变化。这是突然的，会做你意想不到的事情。最重要的是，它可以学习。人工智能将无处不在。AI支持的最好的朋友是什么，特别是对于一个孩子？人工智能支持的战争是什么样的？人工智能能感知我们在现实中没有的东西吗？人工智能有可能看到人类无法理解的东西吗？

A: artificial intelligence is imprecise, which means that it may not be reliable as a partner. It's dynamic because it's always changing. It's sudden and will do things you don't expect. Most importantly, it can learn. Artificial intelligence will be everywhere. What is the best friend supported by AI, especially for a child? What is the war supported by artificial intelligence like? Can AI perceive what we don't have in reality? Is it possible for AI to see things that human beings cannot understand?

问：我同意埃隆·马斯克的观点，当我们在不杀死开关的情况下构建人工智能时，我们是在"召唤恶魔"。正如史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克所说，人类最终可能成为家庭宠物。

Q: I agree with Elon Musk that when we build artificial intelligence without killing switch, we are "summoning demons". As Steve Wozniak said, humans may eventually become family pets.

答：马斯克、斯蒂芬·霍金和其他人已经发出警报。他们相信，通过发布人工智能，你最终会得到一个比人类聪明10倍、100倍或1000倍的机器人霸王。我的答案不同。我认为所有的证据都表明这些人工智能系统可以思考，不像人类，但它们可以非常聪明。我们必须共存。

A: musk, Stephen Hawking and others have issued alarms. They believe that by releasing artificial intelligence, you will eventually get a robot overlord 10, 100 or 1000 times smarter than humans. My answer is different. I think all the evidence shows that these AI systems can think, unlike humans, but they can be very smart. We must coexist.

问：你不认为像Siri和Alexa这样的语音助手有一天晚上会杀了我们吗？

Q: don't you think voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa will kill us one night?

不，但他们可能会成为你孩子的好朋友。

A: No. But they may become good friends with your children.

问：我们早就知道硅谷正在把我们带到死胡同。从民主党恋童癖丑闻到被操纵的选举，再到疫苗阴谋论，曾经未能引起人们注意的荒谬说法现在正以光速传播。女孩们可能会被instagram这个充满光明和欺骗性的世界推向抑郁，instagram的所有者是控制欲和贪婪的前Facebook。

Q: we have long known that Silicon Valley is bringing us to a dead end. From democratic paedophilia scandals to rigged elections to vaccine conspiracy theories, absurd claims that once failed to get attention are now spreading at the speed of light. Girls may be pushed into depression by the bright and deceptive world of instagram, which is owned by the controlling and greedy former Facebook.

答：一位牛津大学的学生告诉我社交媒体的毒害——"无聊和匿名的结合是危险的"，尤其是在成瘾和嫉妒的交叉点。

A: an Oxford student told me about the poison of social media - "the combination of boredom and anonymity is dangerous", especially at the intersection of addiction and jealousy.

问：我们是否会失去对人工智能的控制的问题可能已经过去了。技术已经在操纵着我们。

Q: the question of whether we will lose control of artificial intelligence may be over. Technology is already manipulating us.

答：云计算服务提供商对技术的发展方向缺乏远见是愚蠢的。我要说的是，10年前我在这些社交网络上非常努力的时候，也许这很幼稚，但我们从未想过政府会像2016年那样，在俄罗斯人的干预下，利用这些社交网络来对付公民。我们没想到它会把这些特殊的利益集团和这些强大的信仰体系结合起来。没有人讨论它。我不想在新的基础技术上犯同样的错误。

A: it is foolish for cloud computing service providers to lack foresight on the development direction of technology. I would say that when I worked very hard on these social networks 10 years ago, maybe it was naive, but we never thought that the government would use them to deal with citizens under the intervention of the Russians as in 2016. We didn't expect it to combine these special interest groups with these strong belief systems. No one discussed it. I don't want to make the same mistake on the basis of new basic technology.

问：你认为Facebook可以通过改名为meta来摆脱麻烦吗？

Q: do you think Facebook can get out of trouble by changing its name to meta?

答：问题是，你现在怎么称呼faang股票（即Facebook、苹果、亚马逊、Netflix和谷歌母公司alphabet）？会是马昂吗？谷歌此前更名为字母表，但谷歌仍然是谷歌。谷歌在faang中的缩写并没有改变。

A: the question is, what do you call faang stock now (i.e. Facebook, apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent company alphabet)? Could it be Maang? Google was previously renamed alphabet, but Google is still Google. Google's abbreviation in faang has not changed.

问：扎克伯格希望我们做什么？

Q: what does Zuckerberg want us to do?

答：所有谈论元宇宙的人都在谈论一个比当前世界更令人满意的世界——你更富有、更英俊、更美丽、更强壮、更快。因此，在某些年份，人们会选择戴上眼罩，在元宇宙中花费更多的时间。谁制定规则？世界将变得更加数字化，而不是实体化。这对人类社会来说不一定是件好事。（腾讯科技/无极编撰）

A: all those who talk about the meta universe are talking about a more satisfactory world than the current world - you are richer, more handsome, more beautiful, stronger and faster. Therefore, in some years, people will choose to wear eye masks and spend more time in the meta universe. Who makes the rules? The world will become more digital, not physical. This is not necessarily a good thing for human society. (compiled by Tencent technology / Wuji)

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update time：2021-11-01 10:45:55