Debating(辩论）with AI(人工智能）
Have you ever shouted at your computer because it wasn't working? AI researchers are now working on computers that can argue and perhaps even win debates with humans.
IBM scientists wrote an article in Nature on March 17 about their new AI system(系统)—Project Debater. It can debate with people independently in front of live audiences. After listening to arguments from its opponent (对手),the system can search around 400 million online articles in less than five minutes.
The system testing began in 2019 when it debated with Harish, a professional debater who holds the world record for most debate competition victories. And the AI system argued for supporting this idea. Although the AI lost the debate in the end depending on the audience's opinions, the audience said it did very well. Interestingly, 58 percent of the audience said that Project Debater increased their knowledge about the topic. Also, Project Debater made unforgettable opening in the debate, according to Scientific American.
After competing with different human debaters, the AI system's performance keeps a little lower.
"On stage, Project Debater is far from perfect, and its missteps show just how
difficult—and low human-argumentation and debate are," said computer scientist Chris Reed of the University of Dundee in the UK.
A. Your computer couldn't "shout" back—until now.
B. While only 20 percent said the same about Harish.
C. It looks for ideas that can support its own argument.
D. Humans and technology have been facing off for years.
E. The debate topic was whether or not preschool should be given money to.
F. In other words,the back- and-forth arguments in the AI system's debates don't sound like a real human conversation.
