So the last shall be first and the first shall be last(《圣经》名句：末后的将要在前). The race to build artificial intelligence is so frenetic(疯狂的，狂热的) that declaring any firm the winner is a sure sign it is about to be overtaken—and vice versa. Meta’s AI investments had been written off(被认定失败，被放弃) by many as wasteful vanity. Yet the same investors now say Muse, the firm’s new personal agent, will soon upend(颠覆，彻底改变) commerce and the world. Muse is at the top of the charts on Apple’s App Store. Meta’s share price has risen by around a third in the past month.
“末后的将要在前，在前的将要在后。”人工智能的竞赛如此疯狂，以至于你一旦宣布哪家公司是赢家，就几乎可以肯定它即将被超越——反之亦然。Meta 在人工智能上的投入曾被许多人斥为华而不实的虚荣之举。然而，正是这批投资者如今表示，该公司新推出的个人代理 Muse 很快就会颠覆商业乃至整个世界。Muse 已登上苹果应用商店排行榜榜首。过去一个月，Meta 的股价上涨了约三分之一。
Chatbots are often compared to interns. Muse is more like an indentured(签了契约的，受契约束缚的) secretary. Users will find the difference total: between being read a train timetable and having tickets booked; mulling one’s rights and filing a claim; comparing phone tariffs and overcoming the obstacles companies erect to prevent customers switching.(用户会发现两者有天壤之别：一个是听人念时刻表，另一个是直接订好票；一个是自己琢磨权利，另一个是提交索赔；一个是比较资费，另一个是扫清企业阻止客户转网的障碍。) Markets for goods and services can be surveyed totally and ceaselessly. No form is too long; no claim too small.
聊天机器人常被比作实习生，而 Muse 更像一个签了卖身契的秘书。用户会发现两者有天壤之别：一个是听人念火车时刻表，另一个是直接帮你订好票；一个是自己琢磨有什么权利，另一个是替你提交索赔；一个是比较各家电话资费，另一个是帮你扫清企业为阻止客户转网而设置的重重障碍。商品和服务市场可以被全面、不间断地扫描。再长的表格也不嫌长，再小的索赔也不嫌小。
Which of the Millennium mathematics problems(千禧年七大数学难题) can Muse solve? That is unclear. But prod(戳，捅；催促) Muse in the right way and you could wake up with a cheaper car-insurance policy. Might Muse agents end the world? Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s boss, has dismissed(不予理会，驳回) worries about AI safety, much as(正如，就像……一样) the White House has. Though not yet the most popular AI product, Muse is surely the first populist(民粹主义的；迎合大众的) one, designed for the everyman(普通人，凡夫俗子) of Facebook Marketplace for whom privacy does not matter, existential risks are bunk(胡说八道，无稽之谈) and everything in the economy is either a bargain or a scam(骗局，诈骗).
Muse 能解决千禧年数学难题中的哪一道？目前还不清楚。但只要你以正确的方式戳一戳 Muse，一觉醒来可能就拿到了一份更便宜的车险。Muse 代理会不会终结世界？Meta 老板马克·扎克伯格对人工智能安全的担忧不屑一顾，白宫也是如此。Muse 虽然还不是最受欢迎的人工智能产品，却无疑是第一个“民粹主义”产品，专为 Facebook Marketplace 上的普通人设计——在他们眼里，隐私无关紧要，生存风险纯属无稽之谈，经济中的一切不是便宜货就是骗局。
Free agents and free will
自由代理与自由意志