In the least surprising news you’ll hear all week, Elon Musk has said he’s not entirely right in the head(脑子不太正常). “I’ve got a little bit of cyber psychosis(精神病),” the world’s richest and most irritating man explained during an event this month. “Maybe a lot actually.” Musk added that, over “various points this year”, he’s had “AI or SI psychosis probably half a dozen times(大约六次)”. SI, in case you missed the super-important memo, stands for “superintelligence” and it’s what Donald Trump wants everyone to call AI now, for reasons too stupid to explain.(SI——万一你错过了那份超级重要的备忘录——代表“超级智能”，这是唐纳德·特朗普现在希望大家对AI的称呼，原因蠢得没法解释。)
本周最不令人意外的新闻是：埃隆·马斯克说他脑子不太正常。“我有一点网络精神病，”这位全球最富有也最惹人烦的男人本月在一次活动上解释道。“也许还不少呢。”马斯克还补充说，在“今年不同时间点”，他“大概有过六次AI或SI精神病”。SI——万一你错过了那份超级重要的备忘录——代表“超级智能”，这是唐纳德·特朗普现在希望大家对AI的称呼，原因蠢得没法解释。
While the phrase SI is still being used 0nly by weaselly(狡猾的) tech bros(科技男) desperate for Trump’s approval, you’ll probably have heard the term “AI psychosis” bandied around(被随意传播) a lot. On the most serious level, it refers to delusional(妄想的) thinking induced or exacerbated by sycophantic(谄媚的) chatbots. People who have ploughed their life savings into(把毕生积蓄投入) a ridiculous business idea, for example, because computer code told them they were the next Jeff Bezos(杰夫·贝索斯). But the phrase has also been used more jokingly to describe overexuberance(过度狂热) around artificial intelligence, and that seems to be how Musk was using it. The comments about his self-diagnosed bouts of cyber psychosis came as the tech mogul waxed lyrical about how great AI music videos have become, and how he believes artificial intelligence now “understands beauty and harmony”.(这位科技大亨在滔滔不绝地赞美AI音乐视频变得多么出色、以及他相信人工智能如今“懂得美与和谐”之际，发表了他自我诊断的几轮网络精神病言论。)
虽然“SI”这个说法目前只有那些急于讨好特朗普的狡猾科技男还在用，但你大概已经多次听到“AI精神病”这个词了。在最严肃的层面上，它指的是由谄媚的聊天机器人诱发或加剧的妄想思维。比如，有人因为计算机代码告诉他们，他们就是下一个杰夫·贝索斯，就把毕生积蓄投入一个荒唐的创业点子。但这个词也被更戏谑地用来形容对人工智能的过度狂热，马斯克似乎就是在这个意义上使用它的。这位科技大亨在滔滔不绝地赞美AI音乐视频变得多么出色、以及他相信人工智能如今“懂得美与和谐”之际，发表了他自我诊断的几轮网络精神病言论。
I don’t know if Musk gushing(滔滔不绝地赞美) over the beauty and harmony of AI slop(AI垃圾内容) is down to(归因于) cyber psychosis or possibly his widely reported enthusiasm for the benefits of ketamine(氯胺酮) and psychedelics(迷幻药). But I can tell you that large swathes of(大片地区的) Silicon Valley are dangerously high on their own supply(沉迷于自己的供应) of AI bullshit. And the sickness is rapidly spreading to the populace(民众). So, I’m taking it on myself to help you spot a couple of signs that demonstrate someone has become over attached to AI or grown too credulous when it comes to the puffery around the industry.(所以，我自告奋勇来帮你识别几个迹象，表明某人已经过度依赖AI，或者对行业内的吹嘘变得过于轻信。)
我不知道马斯克对AI垃圾的“美与和谐”大肆吹捧，是因为网络精神病，还是因为他被广泛报道的对氯胺酮和迷幻药益处的热衷。但我可以告诉你，硅谷的大片地区正危险地沉迷于自己供应的AI胡话。而且这种病正在迅速蔓延到普通民众。所以，我自告奋勇来帮你识别几个迹象，表明某人已经过度依赖AI，或者对行业内的吹嘘变得过于轻信。