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In recent years, you may have seen reports of AI producing 200 real-time news reports in one second or of the Microsoft robot “Xiao Bing” creating 139 modern poems, which were compiled and put on sale as an anthology entitled, “Sunshine, Lost Glass Window.”
近幾年你可能看過這些報導：AI能在1秒內產出200則即時新聞；微軟機器人「小冰」創作出139首現代詩，甚至集結成詩集《陽光，失了玻璃窗》對外販售；
compile(v.)彙整anthology(n.)(藝術作品的)選集;(常指)精選集=collection
Or maybe you’ve heard that American singer Taryn Southern released the single “Break Free” using an AI-produced arrangement and melody.
美國歌手塔瑞安·紹森發表由AI負責編曲、配樂的單曲《Break Free》。
arrangement(n.)編曲
Perhaps you’ve also seen the “Belamy Portrait” drawn by AI and then sold at Christie’s in 2018 for $432,000 (around NT$13.34 million), beating out a Picasso painting and becoming the highest priced work sold at that particular auction.
另外，由AI繪製的《貝拉米畫像》在2018年的佳士得紐約拍賣會上，以43.2萬美元（約台幣1334萬元）落槌出售，擊敗同場對手畢卡索，成為全場最高價的作品。
beat out 擊敗;打敗
Does this mean that journalists, writers, musicians, artists and other creative talents are at risk of being displaced by AI?
這意味著記者、文學創作者、音樂人、藝術家等創意工作的人才都將失業嗎？
creative talents 創意人才at risk of~有…的危險;冒…風險displace(v.)使流離失所、撤換、使免職、取代、替代
In his 2017 book AI Superpowers, Li Kai-fu, the CEO of Sinovation Ventures, stated that artificial intelligence can be a great auxiliary tool, but is unlikely to replace the human element in creative works.
創新工場執行長李開復曾於2017年的著作《AI新世界》提出看法，他認為人工智慧可以成為很棒的輔助工具，但不可能取代人類所有工作。
auxiliary(adj.)輔助的(n.)助動詞
Whether you are using text, sound, images or other media, knowing how to operate an AI system will be a necessary skill for creative talents of the AI generation.
不論你使用的是文字、聲音、圖像或其他媒介創作，懂得如何操作AI系統，就是AI世代搶手的創意人才。
whether…A,B,C or D 不管是A、B、C還是D
The news media already uses AI to aggregate news events, allowing journalists to invest time in other neglected issues or investigative pieces.
好比說，新聞媒體學習將事件蒐集的工作交給AI，讓記者們能投入其他被遺忘或未被發現的重大議題，
aggregate(v.)使聚集、使積聚=accumulate=collect(adj.)合計的、總的、總數的=totalinvestigative journalism調查性報導
By using the data pool collected by AI, journalists are able to dig deeper into a topic and produce more diverse and in-depth content. This may be key in allowing journalists to use their skills in a more meaningful and valuable way, in a way that can help restore the public’s lost faith in the media and news reporting nowadays.
再利用AI系統建立的新聞大數據資料庫，把議題挖得更深、探討得更仔細，新聞內容多樣化且變深變廣後，記者不僅重拾專業價值，民眾也會再次關注新聞頻道。
dig into~探究=delve into~diverse(adj.)多樣的、各種各樣的、形形色色的restore(v.)恢復
Poets, essayists, or novelists can also use AI to proofread any mistakes in wording, such as the overuse of certain idioms or favoring style over content.
詩人、散文或小說家也可以就AI機器人創作仍不純熟的地方，重新檢視自己是否也犯了一樣的錯誤，好比說慣用詞氾濫、過度注重文體等，
idiom(n.)俚語
AI can also help writers absorb and process massive amounts of news information, keeping their knowledge of the world up to date, so that they know how to make their works more accessible to the public, rather than just limiting themselves to the artistic spheres.
同時學習大量吸收新聞、培養現代知識，更懂得將作品適度地貼近大眾，而非一味的尋求藝術層次。
keep sth. up to date 更新=update sth.so that…為了…;如此一來就…=in order that…accessible(adj.)容易理解的=easy to understandlimit…to…將…侷限於=restrict…to…
Painters and musicians have no reason to panic even with AI being capable nowadays of producing songs and paintings at a rapid speed. AI is not able to truly understand aesthetics or music theory.
畫家或音樂創作者也莫急莫驚慌，繪畫也好、機器人也許會快速產出畫作或歌曲，但不代表它們懂「美學」和「樂理」，
aesthetics(n.)美學
That being said, during the creative process, painters can utilize 3D scanning and software analysis in order to further understand the elements that make up a true masterpiece, which ultimately allows them to paint and create at an even higher level.
不過在創作的過程中，藝術家可以讓AI藉由3D掃瞄儀器與軟體分析大師作品，理解一幅畫作之所以能成為曠世巨作所具備的元素，進而使繪畫技巧更上一層樓；
that being said=having said that=that said…儘管如此;話說回來utilize(v.)利用masterpiece(n.)大師級的作品、傑作
A songwriter’s creative concept can also be converted into scores through AI systems. Musical scoring AI, on the other hand, will allow amateur musicians to quickly find the melodies they want, which in turn will further enrich and expand the current selection of music out there in the world.
音樂人的創作概念也可透過AI系統更快地轉化成樂譜，同時讓更多非專業的音樂工作者能快速地找到想要的樂曲，使音樂界能有更豐富的創作。
convert...into... 把～轉換成～be converted into~被轉換成=be turned into~on the other hand 另一方面
Jane Li-feng, Managing Director of Google Taiwan, once said: “Instead of worrying about humans’ work being taken over by robots, we should change our perspective and ask ourselves whether AI has opened up new opportunities for us.
Google台灣董事總經理簡立峰曾表示：「與其擔心工作被機器人取代，不如換可角度思考：有什麼新方向是以前沒有的？」
instead of~而不是…=rather thanperspective(n.)觀點;看待事物的角度
Human-machine collaboration is inevitable. As long as humans keep learning and exploring, we won’t have to worry about being replaced by AI.
人機合體創作是不可避免的趨勢，只要自己永遠保持學習的態度，AI機器就不會變成人，
collaboration(n.)合作=cooperationcollaborate(v.)合作=cooperatebe replaced by~被…取代
Rather, it will liberate creators from grueling, repetitive tasks, giving them more freedom and resources to create truly groundbreaking works of art.
它反倒會將創作者從一些與創意無關的重複性勞動工作中解放出來，才會有更多深入且突破框架的創作產出。
rather(adv.)反而=instead…liberate sb. from…使某人從(某折磨或困境中)解放出來=free sb. from…grueling(adj.)艱辛的;艱難的groundbreaking(adj.)開創性的;創新的