互聯網和智能手機改變了世界，改變了我們之間的關系。我們不再需要面對面，而是越來越多地通過手持設備進行交互。在從某種意義上說，真實的人正在被科技和虛擬朋友所取代。有些人甚至更願意向虛擬朋友傾訴，而不是真正的朋友！
AI, or artificial intelligence, is another technology that is highly disruptive. With AI, smartphone and other devices will have even more capabilities.They will be able to converse with us and tell us jokes. They may even become personal tutors, and replace our online human tutors.They will be able to do this because they will have access to our life histories. They will know what kind of problems we have, our preferences, and any content we want to learn or practice,they will be able to adapt to our needs and be available at any time. And all this will be at less cost than using a human.
AI（人工智能）是另壹種極具破壞性的技術。有了AI，智能手機和其他設備將具有更多的能力。它們能和我們交談，講笑話，甚至可以成為私人導師，取代我們的在線人力資源導師。它們之所以可以做這些因為它們可以訪問我們的生活史，它們知道我們的問題，我們的喜好，以及我們想學習或實踐的任何內容，它們能夠適應我們的需要，並且隨時可用，所有這些都比使用人的成本低。
In fact, the substitution of AIs for human labor has the potential to transform our world. Experts warn that smart machines may cause widespread unemployment. Many workers will become redundant, replaced by machines that can perform cognitive tasks better than people. An even greater danger is that they will develop personalities and become more interesting than people.Work is already underway to produce AI companions for lonely people.
事實上，AI取代人類勞動有可能改變我們的世界。專家警告說，智能機器可能導致大範圍失業，大量工人將變得多余，取而代之的是比人更能執行認知任務的機器。壹個更大的危險是，它們將開發個性，變得比人更有趣。為孤獨的人生產AI伴侶的工作已經開始。
Are these development something to worry about or something to welcome? How are they different than developments in the past, such as the industrial revolution? Cars replaced horses; machines and industrial robots replaced factory workers.
這些發展是值得擔心還是值得歡迎？它們與過去的發展有什麽不同，比如工業革命？汽車取代了馬；機器和工業機器人取代了工廠工人。
Since the shift to AI is inevitable, the challenge for policy makers will be to help existing workers acquire new skills. Future generations must be prepared for a workplace populated by AIs that will continue to develop and take on new tasks. Are we up to the task?
由於向AI的轉變不可避免，決策者面臨的挑戰將是幫助現有工人獲得新技能。新壹代必須為壹個由繼續發展並承擔新任務的AI所組成的工作場所做好準備。我們能勝任這項任務嗎？