A: That was a tiring trip. Home at last! How is Cocoa?
B: He’s upstairs, resting on the bed. He’s absolutely exhausted from the trip.
A: I think he was just completely overwhelmed. He spent most of the time in the car, but it was still mentally tiring for him; he didn’t know where we were going, or when we would be coming back home.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Times 照片:台北時報古德謙
B: Yeah, I also think he’s getting on, too. He’s not a puppy anymore. He doesn’t have the bags of energy he used to have.
A: I’m sure he enjoyed the trip, but he’s probably glad to be back home, in his own comfort zone. Let him sleep it off; he’ll be right as rain in the morning.
A: 這趟旅行好累,終於回到家了!可可還好嗎?
B: 牠在樓上,躺在床上。牠這次出門是累壞了。
A: 我想牠完全是累癱了。雖然牠大部份的時間都待在車上,可是心理上還是會覺得很累。牠不知道我們要去哪裡,或是什麼時候回家。
B: 對呀,我也覺得牠變老了。牠已經不是小狗了,不像以前一樣精力充沛。
A: 我確定牠很喜歡這趟旅行,不過牠大概很高興回到家、回到牠的舒適圈。讓牠睡睡回復精力,明天早上牠又會是活蹦亂跳的了。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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