当人工智能学会“读心”

李红娟

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1 Scientists have created a new tool that can turn people？？s thoughts into words. It works by using an AI program to translate brain activity into words. The sci⁃ entists say the program could help people who can？？t speak because of a brain injury.

2 The new method involves two main parts. The first is a scanner that allowed the scientists to record brain activity. The second is an AI system that the researchers trained to turn videos of brain activity into words.

3 To record brain activity without surgery， the scientists used a big machine called an fMRI machine. The machine uses strong magnetic （有磁性的） fields and radio waves to create pictures showing which parts of the brain are active. It can record the activity of the brain as it happens.

4 To translate these recordings into words， the researchers used an AI tool called GPT⁃1， which predicts which word is most likely to come next， based on the information that came before.

5 The scientists first trained GPT⁃1 on lots of stories people had told about their lives. Next， the researchers trained GPT⁃1 to make connections between brain scans and spoken words. The testing was done on three human volunteers. Each person spent sixteen hours inan fMRI machine listening to stories. The people imagined the stories as they heard them， and the fMRI machine recorded their brain activity. GPT ⁃1 then used these recordings of brain activity to make connections between the words and ideas in the stories and the brain activity of the listeners.

6 Then came the test： The researchers played a new story. GPT ⁃1 was only given re⁃ cordings of the people？？s brain activity. But the words that GPT?1 predicted were very simi⁃ lar to the words in the story that the people were listening to. For example， when a person was listening to a story about a person who didn？？t have a driver？？s license， the program came up with this，“She has not even started to learn to drive yet.”

7 GPT ⁃1 is the first AI program to turn what people are thinking into words without brain surgery， but it cannot be easily used today， mainly because of the size and cost of fMRI machines.

ReadingCheck

1. Why did scientists use an fMRI machine？

A. To help people with brain injuries.

B. To take down interesting stories.

C. To record brain activity.

D. To pick up radio waves.

2. Which word can describe the function of GPT‑1？

A. Translating.

B. Listening.

C. Training.

D. Testing.

3. How long did the volunteers stay in an fMRI machine？

A. For one hour.

B. For two hours.

C. For three hours.

D. For sixteen hours.

4. What can be inferred about GPT?1？

A. It sells well in the market nowadays.

B. It can hardly be used today for its size and cost.

C. It may be popular among people who love listening to stories.

D. It can turn peoples thoughts into words by doing brain surgery.

LanguageStudy

Ⅰ. 日积月累

create v. 创造

surgery n. 手术

happen v. 发生

predict v. 预测

connection n. 联系

similar adj. 相似的

imagine v. 想象

be based on 以……为基础

spend...（in） doing... 花（时间）做……

Ⅱ. 单句填空

1. Most of her life （spend） in caring for others when she was young.

2. My knowledge of French is pretty （base）.

3. My painting style is similar hers.

4. Ill be there whatever （happen）.

5. Shes very （create）─she writes poetry and paints.