NPR 팟캐스트 영어회화 실전영어 DAY 3

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Preserving humanity in the age of robots

 

*hardwired 본능적으로, 선천적으로

hardwired to ~하도록 본능적으로 설계되어 있다

Human beings are hardwired to search for social connection.

*ascribe <원인·동기·기원 등을> …에 돌리다, <결과 등을> …의 탓으로 돌리다

*ascribe something to somebody/something ~에 ~을 부여하다

*ascribe a personality to ~에게 성격을 부여하다

They ascribe a personality to their Roombas.

*as though 마치 ~인 것처럼

They act and look and move as though they do.

*exquisitely매우 정교하게, 세밀하게.

*tailored to 에 맞추어진, ~에 최적화된

They respond in ways that are very exquisitely tailored to us.

*unsettling 불안하거나 불편하게 만드는

I definitely find them unsettling at times when they're too human-like.

It's an emotional reaction that gets stirred in us.

*mark 특정한 수준[기준]

make the mark 어떤 특정한 수준이나 기준에 도달하다, 합격하다, 성공하다

There's still a way to see that it doesn't quite make the mark of being totally human.

*put someone at ease 편안하게 하다

It puts them at ease if the robot makes a mistake every now and then.

*alien 이질적인, 낯선

*alien to ~에게 이질적인, 낯선

It's completely alien to us.

+) The concept of honor is alien to some cultures.

     명예라는 개념은 어떤 문화권에서는 낯선 것이다.

+) His way of thinking is completely alien to mine.

    그의 사고방식은 나의 사고방식과 완전히 다르다.

I'll give you credit.

It's there with all AI.

 

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