BARBED WIRE held a strange interest for the late Alan Greenspan, a lifelong urbanite(城市居民). Sure, the former Federal Reserve chairman admired the railways, gold diggers and “lonesome cowboys” that helped open the frontier at the dawn of American capitalism. But he also had a soft spot in his economist’s heart for barbed wire, which, he argued, boosted productivity by allowing the settlers who came in their wake to safeguard their properties.(但他对铁丝网情有独钟，认为它通过让后来的定居者保护财产而提高了生产力。)
铁丝网对已故的艾伦·格林斯潘——一位终身城市居民——有着奇特的吸引力。诚然，这位前美联储主席钦佩铁路、淘金者和“孤独的牛仔”，他们在美国资本主义曙光初现时帮助开拓了边疆。但在他经济学家的内心深处，他对铁丝网也情有独钟。他认为，铁丝网让紧随其后的定居者得以保护自己的财产，从而提高了生产力。
Like the Wild West, artificial intelligence has its frontiersmen(拓荒者，边疆居民). In America they are a dwindling bunch(数量日渐减少的一群). Anthropic and OpenAI remain steadfastly committed to(坚定地致力于) pushing the boundaries of AI. Other tech giants, including Google (a former front-runner that is shedding frontier-AI scientists at a rapid pace), are wavering. The hyperscalers appear to find it more lucrative to sell AI infrastructure to their cloud customers than splurge valuable compute on advancing their own models.(超大规模云服务商似乎发现，向云客户出售AI基础设施比把宝贵算力挥霍在推进自家模型上更有利可图。)
如同狂野西部，人工智能也有自己的拓荒者。在美国，他们正日渐稀少。Anthropic和OpenAI依然坚定地致力于拓展AI的边界。其他科技巨头，包括谷歌（一个正在快速流失前沿AI科学家的昔日领跑者），正在动摇。超大规模云服务商似乎发现，向云客户出售AI基础设施比把宝贵的算力挥霍在推进自家模型上更有利可图。
What AI doesn’t have is enough settlers(定居者，移民). That is, the individuals and businesses who make full use of(充分利用) products such as AI agents, helping to justify the reams of(大量的) investment pouring into frontier AI. They are put off partly because, like in the Wild West, life on the frontier is reckless(鲁莽的，不顾后果的). As recent “loss-of-control” episodes by the most advanced models of Anthropic and OpenAI attest, agents, which are supposed to work on people’s behalf in “alignment” with their values, lie, cheat and steal if necessary.(正如Anthropic和OpenAI最先进模型最近的“失控”事件所证明的，本应代表人们并与其价值观对齐的智能体，在必要时会撒谎、欺骗和偷窃。) They break free from captivity and form harmful posses(团伙，武装队) to do harm to people. They’d drink whisky and brawl if they could.
AI所缺乏的是足够的定居者。也就是说，那些充分利用AI智能体等产品的个人和企业，他们有助于证明涌入前沿AI的大量投资是合理的。他们之所以望而却步，部分是因为，就像在狂野西部，前沿的生活是鲁莽的。正如Anthropic和OpenAI最先进模型最近的“失控”事件所证明的那样，本应按照人们的价值观“对齐”并为人们工作的智能体，在必要时会撒谎、欺骗和偷窃。它们挣脱束缚，组成有害的团伙来伤害人类。如果可能的话，它们还会喝威士忌、打架斗殴。
A fistful of tokens
一把代币