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2025北京高三（上）期末英语汇编

阅读理解D篇

一、阅读理解

（2025北京朝阳高二上期末）Let’sstartwiththeend.Ifyouknowanythingaboutthestateofartificialintelligence,it’sthatmanyofthepeopleadvancingthetechnologyareseriouslyworriedaboutthetechnologythey’readvancing.Twostatementsstandout.ThefirstfollowedthereleaseofthecompanyOpenAI’sChatGPT-4,callingforasix-monthpauseonanyAIsystemgoingbeyondGPT’scapabilities.Thesignatories(签署者)asked:“Shouldwedevelopnonhumanmindsthatmighteventuallyoutnumber,outsmart,andreplaceus?”Thesecondstatement,issuedinMay,2023,signedbynearlyallthemajorAIcompanyCEOsandmostofthetopAIresearchscientists,wasjust22wordslong:“Mitigating(减轻)theriskofextinctionfromAIshouldbeaglobalpriorityalongsideothersocietal-scaleriskslikepandemicsandnuclearwar.”

So,who’sexcitedforAI?Iam?Maybe?AItoolsarehelpingthespeechlessspeakandreducingenergyconsumptionlargely.Therearebrilliantpeoplewhosaythisiskidstuff.Sooneveryonewillhaveacustomizedknowledgeassistant.Theremovaloflonelinessiscoming.Otherequallybrilliantpeoplegostraighttotheotherdirection.TheirimaginationcoverseverythingfromanAI-manufacturedextinction-levelvirustosocietaldestructionasjobsdisappearandinequalitybecomespermanent.

OpenAI’sproductlaunchmadejawsdrop.Thetechismovingfast,butitsimpactwillarriveinwaves.We’vealreadyseenslightdecreaseinChatGPTusage.Thathardlymeanschatbotsaredoomed(注定失败的)orAIisacraze.Onlythatit’searly.Itwilltaketimetounderstandhowpeopleadapttothesenewtools.Thattimeshouldnotbewasted.Theprocessorswillkeepprocessing—andweneedtogetready.Becausehoweverfar-fetchedtheideaofanartificialgeneralintelligence—meaninganautonomoussystemthatonedaygoesbeyondhumanabilities—it’snotimpossible.WecanalsolookoutforthemanywaysAItoolscan