NPR Podcast 영어회화 팟캐스트 원어민영어 DAY 4

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Preserving humanity in the age of robots

 

*analogy 비유

You used a great analogy for consciousness from a neuroscientist.

Can you expand on that analogy?

*murky 진흙 등으로 흐린 탁한

It's a very murky understanding that we have of robots and ethics.

*frail 노쇠한, 허약한, 부서지기 쉬운

If a robot accidentally kills or injures a frail person that they're taking care of, who's responsible?

*hardwire (보고 듣고 하는 것에서) <행동 양식을> 고정화시키다, 굳어버리게 하다

It's very seductive and hard to prevent in the people that have these relationships because of our hardwiring.

*keep a firm fix in one’s minds 마음 속에 확고히 새기다

So we have to remember, keep a firm fix in our minds of the dividing line between what is a robot and what is a human being.

*cater to somebody/something ~의 구미에 맞추다[~에 영합하다]

*cater 음식물을 조달하다, 요구에 응하다, 만족을 주다

*whim (일시적인) 기분, 변덕 They cater to our whims.

*accommodating 선뜻 부응하는, 잘 협조하는

*keep up over time시간이 지나도 유지하다

They are very-- accommodating in every way, which is not something that human beings can keep up over time. If they aren't challenging, you're not growing.

*rudimentary [ˌruːdɪˈmentri] 가장 기본[기초]적인, 제대로 발달하지 못한

*rudimentary social skills 기초적인 사회적 기술

They actually do teach rudimentary social skills to people on the autism spectrum.

*go as[so] far as to do 심지어 …하기까지 하다

Some people even go as far as to say robot relationships are not only harmful psychologically.

*silver bullet (문제 해결의) 묘책

It's not a silver bullet.

*for better or worse 좋든 나쁘든

I think robots are going to change the culture and for better or worse but in some ways for the better.

*converse (~와) 대화[이야기]를 나누다 They do more than just converse with you.

It's not a silver bullet. They do more than just converse with you.

 

 

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