Early in his first term Barack Obama joked that he would “keep an eye on the robots in case they try anything”. He should have known resistance is futile. During Mr Obama’s presidency, IBM’s Watson computer defeated human contestants on the gameshow Jeopardy!, drones have become America’s weapon of choice, the driverless car is now a reality and the word “app” has been detached from its origin. No longer the realm of science fiction, the rise of robots now poses the central economic dilemma of the Obama era.
在首個任期的上任之初，巴拉克•歐巴馬(Barack Obama)曾開玩笑稱，他會「留意那些機器人，以防它們闖禍」。他應該知道，抵抗是徒勞的。歐巴馬主政期間，IBM的沃森(Watson)電腦在遊戲競賽節目《Jeopardy!》中擊敗人類選手，無人機成爲美國的首選武器，自動駕駛汽車變成現實，「應用」(app)一詞已經脫離它的本來意義。機器人的興起不再是科幻小說中的場景，如今它構成歐巴馬時代的核心經濟兩難。
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