原创译文 | 微软首席技术官：理解人工智能是21世纪成为知情公民的一部分

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微软首席技术官Kevin Scott认为，未来对AI的理解将有助于人们成为更好的公民。

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微软首席技术官Kevin Scott认为，未来对AI的理解将有助于人们成为更好的公民。

“我认为在21世纪成为一个消息灵通的公民，你需要对这些东西[AI]有所了解，因为你希望能够参与辩论。你不想成为一个只是AI发生在你身上的人，你想成为整个生态系统的积极代理人，“他说。

在本周接受旧金山VentureBeat采访时，Scott分享了他对AI未来的看法，包括面部识别软件和制造自动化。他还详细说明了为什么他对人们设计使用智能机器的方式“谨慎乐观”，以及为什么他认为Cortana不需要智能扬声器来取得成功。

然而，对于普通人来说无论即将到来的下个世纪人工智能的发展是多么至关重要，斯科特承认这不是一件容易的事情。

“这很有挑战性，因为即使你是一个接受过重大技术培训的人，即使你是一名AI从业者，跟上正在发生的一切也是一种挑战，形势正在迅速发展。“他说。

今天制造和使用人工智能的技术人员也有责任帮助人们更好地了解可能的情况以促使他们的工作可以顺利进行，因此斯科特正在写一本关于人工智能如何成为美国农村经济的力量的书。

近年来，人工智能在医疗保健和家庭以及政府和企业中不断扩散，其持续扩张重新定义了每个人的工作角色。帮助公民了解人工智能的新闻和公共教育计划很重要，技术专家应该让他们的工作更容易接手，但斯科特认为，对那些使用人工智能的企业来说，仅仅在他们的行业中造成影响是不够的。

“我们必须考虑这其中的平衡，”他说。“你不能只创造一堆技术，让它具有超级破坏性，却没有任何人参与......你必须在这个世界创造价值，而不仅仅是股东价值。”

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Microsoft CTO: Understanding AI is part of being an informed citizen in the 21st century

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott believes understanding AI in the future will help people become better citizens.

“I think to be a well-informed citizen in the 21st century, you need to know a little bit about this stuff [AI] because you want to be able to participate in the debates. You don’t want to be someone to whom AI is sort of this thing that happens to you. You want to be an active agent in the whole ecosystem,” he said.

In an interview with VentureBeat in San Francisco this week, Scott shared his thoughts on the future of AI, including facial recognition software and manufacturing automation. He also detailed why he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the ways people will devise to use intelligent machines and why he thinks Cortana doesn’t need a smart speaker to succeed.

However vital staying informed about the evolution of AI may be to the average person in the century ahead, Scott concedes it’s not an easy thing to do.

“It’s challenging, because even if you’re a person with significant technical training, even if you’re an AI practitioner, it’s sort of challenging to keep up with everything that’s going on. The landscape is evolving really rapidly,” he said.

Technologists who make and use AI today also have a duty to help people better understand what’s possible and make their work accessible, so Scott is writing a book about how AI can be a force for good for the economy in rural America.

In recent years, AI has proliferated across health care and homes, as well as governments and businesses, and its continued expansion could redefine work roles for everyone. News and public education initiatives to help citizens understand AI are important, and technologists should make their work more accessible, but Scott believes it’s not enough for businesses using AI to be disruptive in their industry.

“We have to think about how there’s balance here,” he said. “You can’t just create a bunch of tech and have it be super disruptive and not have any involvement … you have to create value in this world, and it can’t just be shareholder value.”

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