With many technological developments, from algorithm-driven(算法驱动的) social media to AI, many people assume there’s a degree of(某种程度的) inevitability(不可避免性) to their widespread(广泛的) adoption in society.
对于许多技术发展，从算法驱动的社交媒体到人工智能，许多人认为它们在社会中的广泛采用具有某种不可避免性。
The argument goes something like this(大致是这样的): once the ideas and means(手段、方法) to produce the tech are known, then it is inevitable that its usage will spread and we’ll essentially(基本上、本质上) be stuck with(被迫接受、无法摆脱) it. So therefore we need to accept this and adjust our lives to live with the tech and use it (or at least tolerate(容忍、忍受) it).
这种论点大致是这样的：一旦生产这项技术的想法和手段为人所知，那么它的使用就会不可避免地扩散开来，我们基本上就会被它困住。因此，我们需要接受这一点，调整我们的生活，与这项技术共存并使用它（或者至少容忍它）。
This argument seems pretty straightforward(直截了当的、简单的), since we’ve seen many tech-driven disruption(颠覆、扰乱)s play out(发生、展开) in the past 20 years or so. Uber displacing the taxi industry and the rise of “gig workers(零工经济劳动者)”. Algorithmic social media displacing, well, everything. Privacy-invading, hyper-targeted(超精准定位的) advertising reshaping the internet.
这个论点看起来相当直白，因为过去20年左右我们已经目睹了许多技术驱动的颠覆。优步取代了出租车行业，催生了“零工经济”劳动者。算法社交媒体取代了……嗯，一切。侵犯隐私的超精准广告重塑了互联网。