ask最常見，初學者用ask表達「問問題」，例如May I ask a question? 所以ask是為了完成某事而口頭(或書面)提出請求，甚至有「拜託」的意思，例如： (1) I asked for help. (我請求協助) (2) I asked my classmates to help me. (我請求我的同學幫我) (3) Father asked that we stay at home at night. (爸爸要求我們晚上待在家。)
request通常是有權提出的(正式)請求，當有人對我們說It is my request. 代表那個人對我們提出有道理的要求。例句： (1) The villagers requested assistance. (那些村民請求幫助) (2) We requested the local government to return our land. (我們要求政府歸還土地) (3) They requested that the meeting be held next Friday. (他們要求會議下周五舉辦)
如果將句子改成They asked that the meeting beheld next Friday.意思上有請求或拜託的意思。
require是指根據法律、規定提出要求，意為「依照規定…」，常用在被動語氣。例句： (1) Students require more help in the first term. (學生在第一學期需要較多協助) (2) We had better do things that are required by law. (我們最好已依法完成一切) (3) The rules require that you bring one guest to the meeting. (按照規定，你要帶一位來賓出席會議)
demand是「(強烈)要求」的意思，所以常用We have a demanding teacher.來描述要求很多的老師。例句： (1) I demand my rights. (我要求應有權利) (2) The police demanded our name and address. (警方要求我們提供姓名住址)。 (3) The library demanded that he return the books he borrowed in a week. (她要求他把從她那裡借走的書還回來。)
In one or two decades, AI will outstrip many of the abilities we humans believe make us different from animals and machines.
In 2016, Google’s self-driving cars clocked 1,023,330km, and required human intervention 124 times. That is one human intervention about every 8,047km of autonomous driving. What makes the figure impressive is, in 2015, it was 4 interventions every 8,047km. In order words, autonomous driving had made a 400% improvement.
Today, self-driving cars may not be a norm. It is already a reality. You probably think “how nice!” We can take a nap on our way to office because AI can drive for us. But what about playing chess! A computer has beat the human chess champion a few times. And the computer is now identifying tumor for doctors and cooking recipes for chefs. AI is even helping our kids learn English😣.
I wonder what my daughters will be doing in the future. They will never solve a math question faster or lift an object heavier than AI does. They will never drive better. They are human, so they can never become the best chess player. And language, the best thing I pass down to them through telling them many good stories, is no more their advantage since real-time machine translation has made huge improvement. They are likely to lose every battle against AI, aren’t they?
No! What exactly makes humans special? We dream, imagine, reflect, and even regret! We pretend, invent, exaggerate, and go crazy. That’s right! We are different from AI because we create.
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