2017考研英语拓展阅读：中科大高颜值机器女神“佳佳”走红

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：中科大高颜值机器女神“佳佳”走红

　　An ultra-realistic robot was unveiled last week by researchers from the University of Science and Technology in China (USTC). Jia Jia, as the female robot has been named, is apparently capable of basic communication, interaction with nearby people, and natural facial expressions. Unfortunately, many of her pre-programmed interactions appear to be highly stereotypical.

　　For example, if Jia Jia detects that someone is taking a photo of her, she’ll warn the photographer to stand back or else the picture will make her face “look fat.” Jia Jia can’t do much beyond that though. Essential human emotional responses like laughing and crying are not in the robot’s repertoire. Her hands have also been left lifeless. She does, however, speak super subserviently. The prompt, “Hello,” elicits the reply, “Yes my lord. What can I do for you?”

　　We’ve seen a few other ultra-realistic female robots recently. A few weeks ago a 42-year-old product and graphic designer from Hong Kong revealed “Mark 1,” a $50,000 female robot he built himself to resemble Scarlett Johansson. The project, which took a year and a half to complete, was supposedly the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

　　Like Jia Jia, Mark 1 is capable of basic human-like interaction, command responses, and movement. Mark 1 actually outperforms Jia Jia in that the former can move its limbs, turn its head, bow, smirk, and wink.

　　And that’s just the most recent example. Last year researchers at the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University in Japan and Shanghai Shenqing Industry in China revealed Yangyang, a dynamic robot with an resemblance to Sarah Palin. Yangyang also seems to do more than Jia Jia with its abilities to hug and shake hands.

　　The USTC researchers spent three years developing Jia Jia, an apparent labor of love. And they aren’t done yet. Team director Chen Xiaoping says he hopes to develop and refine their creation, equipping it with artificial intelligence through deep learning and the ability to recognize people’s facial expressions, according to Xinhua News. Chen hopes Jia Jia will become an intelligence “robot goddess.” He added that the prototype was “priceless” and would not yet consider mass production.

　　上个星期，由中国科技大学研制的高仿真机器人正式推出。这一女性机器人被命名为佳佳，可以和周边的人交流互动，并且有很自然的面部表情。然而不幸地是，她很多的预编互动都带着固有偏见。

　　比如，如果佳佳发现有人在给她拍照片，她会警告，站远点儿，否则会把她拍胖。不过，佳佳没办法做更多事情，像大笑以及哭泣这些反应，她都还没有。然而，她可以非常恭顺地说话，如果你说，“你好”，她一定会回复，“在，主人，我能为你做什么呢?”

　　最近，我们看到了多款仿真女机器人。几星期前，一名42岁，来自香港的产品及平面设计师推出“Mark 1”，一个价值5万美元的女性机器人，这款机器人照着斯嘉丽.约翰逊模样制造。这个项目花了设计师一年半的时间，主要是为了完成其童年的梦想。

　　和佳佳类似，Mark1 也能做到基本的类人似交流，回应命令和动作。Mark1比佳佳棒的是，她可以活动四肢，转头，弯腰，微笑以及眨眼。

　　这只是近期的例子，去年，上海申磬产业有限公司与大阪大学合作的研发人员在中国曾联合推出了阳杨，一个很像萨拉·佩林的机器人，看起来也比佳佳更智能，她可以拥抱和握手。

　　中国科技大学的研究人员花费了3年时间开发佳佳，明显是一种热爱该工作的举动，而且他们还没有完工。根据新华社，团队领导陈小平(音译)称，希望能够进一步发展和完善他的发明，并进一步装备有深入学习以及辨认面部表情能力的人工智能。陈小平希望佳佳能变成智慧的“机器人女神”，他表示，此原型是无价的，暂时不会量产。

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