FEW EVENTS have brought together Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, political firebrand(激进分子，煽动者)s from opposite ends of the spectrum(来自政治光谱的两端), in common cause(为共同目标而携手). But the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, DC on September 15th, a gathering of people alarmed by the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, managed it.(但9月15日在华盛顿特区举行的“亲人类大会”——一场由对人工智能飞速发展感到惊恐的人们组成的集会——做到了这一点。) Both men warned of the unchecked(不受约束的) power of tech “oligarch(寡头)s” and called for urgent legislation to slow down the technology.
很少有事情能把伯尼·桑德斯和史蒂夫·班农这两位分处政治光谱两端的激进人物拉到同一阵营。但9月15日在华盛顿特区举行的“亲人类大会”——一场由对人工智能飞速发展感到惊恐的人们组成的集会——做到了这一点。两人都警告科技“寡头”权力不受约束，并呼吁紧急立法，为这项技术减速。
Donald Trump, the president, is unmoved(无动于衷的) by the torrent(洪流，大量涌来) of such demands. AI’s supposed risks to humanity, he wrote on social media, were a “hoax(骗局，恶作剧)”. America’s aim was to beat China; proponent(支持者，主张者)s of a slowdown were “treasonist(叛国者（生造词）)s”. But in recent days, political momentum for tighter controls has gathered with unusual speed.
总统唐纳德·特朗普对这些汹涌而来的诉求无动于衷。他在社交媒体上写道，所谓人工智能对人类的风险是一场“骗局”。美国的目标是击败中国；主张放缓的人是“叛国者”。但近些天来，要求加强管控的政治势头正以罕见的速度积聚。
The Pro-Human Assembly and Mr Trump’s flurry(一阵（密集的）活动) of posts on the subject(关于这个话题) came less than a week after the public resignation(辞职) of Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, an AI firm. Mr Coxon said that he and his colleagues believed that AI could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, a message that he promptly delivered across prime-time television.(考克森先生说，他和同事认为，到本十年末，人工智能可能“把我们全部杀死”，这一信息他随即在各大电视台黄金时段节目中传播。) Another top scientist at the firm put the probability of extinction(灭绝) at more than 10%.
“亲人类大会”和特朗普就此话题连发的一系列帖子，都发生在雅各布·考克森公开辞职后不到一周。考克森是人工智能公司 Anthropic 的研究员。他说，他和同事认为，到本十年末，人工智能可能“把我们全部杀死”，这一信息他随即在各大电视台黄金时段节目中传播。该公司另一位顶尖科学家把灭绝的概率定在 10% 以上。