跨界人工智慧
From defeating chess champions to identifying our voices and faces, AI has come a long way.
從擊敗西洋棋冠軍到辨識人聲和臉孔，人工智慧技術已然十分先進。
defeat(v.)打敗;戰勝coma a long way=取得很大的進展;有了長足的進步Students have come a long way with their academic performance.
Now, AI is even helping doctors save lives. Scientists have found that an AI originally designed to distinguish different pastries at a bakery checkout counter can also identify cancer cells.
如今，人工智慧甚至可協助醫生拯救性命。科學家發現在麵包店結帳櫃檯區分麵包的人工智慧系統也能識別癌細胞。
originally(adv.)原本;起初checkout counter=結帳櫃檯
BakeryScan, developed by Japan-based Brain Co. and released in 2013, uses a camera to scan baked goods on a tray and uploads the official name of each to a system for efficient checkout at a bakery.
由日本Brain Co研發的BakeryScan於2013年發表，使用攝影機掃描托盤上的麵包，並將各麵包的品名上傳至系統以便有效率地結帳。
scan(v.)掃描upload(v.)上傳efficient(adj.)有效率的
Customers place their selections on the tray and the camera identifies their size, shape and color to match them with one of up to 100 different types stored in the system.
顧客將他們所選購的麵包置於托盤上，攝影機會辨識麵包的大小、形狀以及顏色，與系統內多達一百種品項進行配對。
selection(n.)選擇;挑選match(v.)配對store(v.)儲存;儲藏
More than 400 retail shops across Japan are using this innovative technology, with each unit costing $20,000.
日本有超過400家零售店面使用這項技術，每套系統要價20,000美元。
retail shop=零售商店innovative(adj.)創新的;革新的We came up with an innovative idea through brainstorming.
Four years after BakeryScan began assisting retail shops, a doctor from the Louise Pasteur Center for Medical Research in Kyoto spotted the technology during a television show.
在BakeryScan開始協助零售店面結帳的四年後，京都財團法人路易巴斯德醫學研究中心的一位醫生在看電視節目時注意到這套人工智慧系統。
assist(v.)協助spot(v.)看出;主意到
It came to his attention that cancer cells resemble bread when under a microscope and he wondered whether the technology could do the same for cancer.
他注意到癌細胞在顯微鏡下看起來跟麵包很像，想知道能否用同樣的技術辨識癌細胞。
sth. come to one’s attention=注意到某事The issue did not come to the government’s attention until the protest erupted.resemble(v.)看起來很像...;與...相似The twins closely resemble each other.miscrscope(n.)顯微鏡
He then had the system revised to spot cancerous cells on a microscope slide, and the result was a cancer detection rate of 99 percent accuracy.
為了讓該系統能辨識在顯微鏡載玻片上的癌細胞，後來他請人修改系統，結果辨識癌細胞的準確率高達99%。
revise(v.)修改;修正have sth. p.p.=請人代勞做某事cancerous(adj.)癌症相關的detection(n.)察覺;發現;檢測;探測accuracy(n.)準確性
With traditional methods, identifying cancer cells to determine whether tumors are benign or malignant can be labor-intensive.
傳統的技術在辨識癌細胞腫瘤是否為良性或惡性使極其消耗人力。
determine(v.)確定;查明;找出tumor(n.)腫瘤benign(adj.)良性的Benign tumors will not invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body.malignant(adj.)惡性的labor-intensive(adj.)勞動密集的;消耗人力的
It is hoped that the AI system will help speed up the process and lead to earlier diagnoses and more effective treatment for patients.
科學家們希望這套人工智慧系統可協助加速診斷過程，及早診斷疾病，為病人提供有效的治療。
it is hoped that…=希望...diagnosis(n.)診斷diagnose(v.)診斷The doctor made an incorrect diagnosis.effective(adj.)有效的