A : Why do you want to quit your job?
B : Because our team restructured, the job has changed, so I am thinking about a change.
A : What are you looking for most with the new job?
B : I would like the amount of work to be proportional to the income, and for the company to give important positions to people with aptitude.
A : 你為什麼想離開目前的工作?
B : 因為部門改組,工作內容也改了,所以我考慮換新工作。
A : 你找工作時最在乎的是什麼?
B : 我希望工作量能與所得成正比,真正有能力的人能得到公司重用。
The heads of leading US AI labs came together in a rare show of unity earlier this month, agreeing to slow the technology’s development, warning it could soon improve on its own and slip beyond human control. The remarks, from fierce business rivals such as Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk, show how quickly AI has advanced, from the hallucination-prone ChatGPT of 2022 toward what many see as a critical milestone: recursive self-improvement. WHAT IS RECURSIVE SELF-IMPROVEMENT? Central to the field is the idea that an AI system could become capable of improving itself, with little to no help
對話 Dialogue 清清:華華,中秋節快到了,你打算怎麼過? Qīngqing: Huáhua, Zhōngqiūjié kuài dàole, nǐ dǎsuàn zěnme guò? 華華:當然是回家跟家人一起烤肉啊! Huáhua: Dāngrán shì huíjiā gēn jiārén yìqǐ kǎoròu a! 清清:你們也會烤肉喔?你家不是住大樓嗎?要在哪裡烤? Qīngqing: Nǐmen yě huì kǎoròu o? Nǐ jiā búshì zhù dàlóu ma? Yào zài nǎlǐ kǎo? 華華:會啊!就在一樓大門口前面跟鄰居一起烤,一邊吃一邊聊,好開心。 Huáhua: Huì a! Jiù zài yīlóu dàménkǒu qiánmiàn gēn línjū yìqǐ kǎo, yìbiān chī yìbiān liáo, hǎo kāixīn. 清清:我們家比較喜歡在院子裡賞月,吃月餅和柚子,喝喝茶、聊聊天,烤肉太麻煩了。 Qīngqing: Wǒmen jiā bǐjiào xǐhuan zài yuànzi lǐ hǎngyuè, chī yuèbǐng hàn yòuzi, hēhē chá, liáoliáo tiān, kǎoròu tài máfán le. 華華:我現在都上網訂整組的烤肉用具和食材,一次送到家,就沒那麼麻煩了。 Huáhua: Wǒ xiànzài dōu shàngwǎng dìng zhěng zǔ de kǎoròu yòngjù hàn shícái, yí cì sòngdào jiā, jiù méi nàme máfán le. 清清:這倒是個好辦法,不用花太多時間準備。 Qīngqing: Zhè dàoshì ge hǎo bànfǎ, búyòng huā tài duō
When we use phones, laptops, or wireless earbuds, we rarely pause to ask what makes these devices so light, efficient and powerful. Hidden inside them are “rare earth elements” (REEs), indispensable to modern life yet central to global controversy. REEs are a group of 17 similar metals that are difficult to tell apart. First identified in the late 18th century, they were known as rare earths because early chemists found them in unusual mineral deposits and believed them to be scarce. In fact, despite the name, many REEs are about as abundant in Earth’s crust as copper or lead. What makes
1. 請你給我介紹一本好詞典好嗎? ˇ Would you recommend a good dictionary for me? χ Would you introduce me a good dictionary? 註︰把某甲介紹給某乙,使他們相識,或把某物、某種風俗習慣傳到另一地方,用introduce。把某物介紹、推薦給某人,或把某人推薦給某人,應用 recommend,例如: Can you recommend a good dentist to me? 2. 他在這次生病以前一向洗冷水澡。 ˇ He used to take cold showers before his recent illness. χ He was used to take cold showers before his recent illness. 註︰be used to 作「對……已習慣」解,used 是形容詞,to 後面接名詞或動名詞。如:He was used to cold showers. 或 He was used to taking cold showers.。若表示過去常做,而現在不如此,應該用 used to 接動詞原形。例如: He used to take a walk before breakfast.(現在早餐前不散步了。) He is not what he used to be.(他跟以前不一樣了。) 3. 史達林利用特務來剷除政治對手。 ˇ Stalin made use of the secret service to get rid of political