Ever longed(渴望) for your own personal assistant? In the ever quickening tech race, Meta has recently launched Muse, a new AI personal agent. Unlike traditional chatbots, this little AI tool will be able to fill out forms(填写表格) for you, organise calendars, pay bills and make reservations. Meta describes Muse as a personal agent “built for everyone”. The launch comes at a time when AI agents have been making headlines(登上头条) for hacking(黑客入侵) into government websites, public agencies and businesses. However, my immediate concern is a little closer to home(更贴近自身).
你是否曾渴望拥有自己的私人助理？在日益加速的科技竞赛中，Meta最近推出了Muse，一款新的AI个人代理。与传统聊天机器人不同，这个小AI工具能替你填写表格、整理日历、支付账单和预订。Meta将Muse描述为“为每个人打造”的个人代理。此次发布正值AI代理因入侵政府网站、公共机构和企业而登上头条之际。然而，我眼下更关心的问题离家更近一些。
I work as a psychologist, and I’m often talking to clients about lifestyle habits that lead to short-term gain but incur(招致) long-term pain. Our brains have a beautiful way of preferring the path of least resistance(阻力最小的路径), of doing what is easiest to preserve our resources. And with the demands of modern life feeling so overwhelming for so many people, the urge to scroll after a long week or defer to a chatbot because you are exhausted is incredibly seducing.(现代生活的要求让许多人不堪重负，于是漫长一周后刷手机或因为疲惫而求助于聊天机器人的冲动极具诱惑力。)
我是一名心理学家，经常与来访者讨论那些带来短期收益却造成长期痛苦的生活习惯。我们的大脑有一种美妙的方式，偏爱阻力最小的路径，做最容易的事以保存资源。而现代生活的种种要求让许多人感到不堪重负，于是漫长一周后想刷手机，或者因为筋疲力尽而求助于聊天机器人，这种冲动极具诱惑力。
Tech bros(科技男) pushing their products on to us is nothing new (we all remember the metaverse, right?), but the message is now seemingly at fever pitch(达到狂热程度) for mass AI adoption and how integral(不可或缺的) it is for human development. It is helpful to remind ourselves what we are being asked to give up, to whom and why, and to consider the potential risks before we hand over our precious data.(提醒自己我们被要求放弃什么、向谁放弃、为什么放弃，并在交出宝贵数据前考虑潜在风险，是有益的。)
科技大佬向我们推销产品并非新鲜事（我们都还记得元宇宙吧？），但如今关于大规模采用AI以及它对人类发展何其重要的宣传似乎已到狂热程度。提醒自己我们被要求放弃什么、向谁放弃、为什么放弃，并在交出宝贵数据前考虑潜在风险，是有益的。