TED演講者：Anicka Yi / 阿妮卡·伊

演講標(biāo)題：Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature / 展望與機(jī)器共存新方式的藝術(shù)品

內(nèi)容概要：Taking cues from soft robotics and the natural world, conceptual artist Anicka Yi builds lighter-than-air machines that roam and react like autonomous life forms. Her floating "aerobes" inspire us to think about new ways of living with machines -- and to ponder how they could evolve into living creatures. "What if our machines could be more than just our tools, and instead, a new type of companion species?" she asks.

概念藝術(shù)家阿妮卡·伊（Anicka Yi）受到柔性機(jī)器人和自然世界的啟發(fā)，制作了輕于空氣的機(jī)器裝置，可以像自主生命一樣游走、做出反應(yīng)。她的漂浮 “aerobe” 激發(fā)我們思考與機(jī)器共存的新方式，思考它們該如何進(jìn)化成生物。她問：“如果我們的機(jī)器不僅僅是我們的工具，更是一種新伙伴，會(huì)是怎么樣呢？”

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【1】It’s wonderful to be in a room with so many humans after all this time.

非常高興在過了這么久以后 看到大家歡聚一堂。

【2】In the last few years, I've been keeping company with a new species that happens to live in the air.

過去幾年里, 一個(gè)新物種一直陪伴著我, 它生活在空中。

【3】And I'd like you all to meet my aerobe friend.

我想把這位 aerobe 朋友介紹給大家。

【4】(Music)

（音樂）

【5】(Music ends)

（音樂結(jié)束）

【6】(Cheers and applause) I get emotional every time I see it fly.

（歡呼與掌聲） 每次看到它飛起來 我都很激動(dòng)。

【7】In my work as an artist, I ask a lot of questions about the world around me.

作為一個(gè)藝術(shù)家, 我會(huì)問許多關(guān)于周圍世界的問題,

【8】While the problems of the world don't have easy solutions, I think it's as important to ask the right questions.

雖然關(guān)于世界的問題, 往往沒有簡單的答案, 但我認(rèn)為提出正確的問題很關(guān)鍵。

【9】Why do our technologies instill so much fear in us?

為什么我們的科技 會(huì)讓我們?nèi)绱丝謶郑?/p>

【10】Why do our lives today feel so alienating, when our technologies are supposed to improve our lives?

科技本該讓我們的生活更美好, 但為何我們?nèi)缃竦纳钊绱耸柽h(yuǎn)？

【11】And why do we feel so disconnected, when our inventions are meant to connect each and every one of us?

我們的發(fā)明本該將我們每個(gè)人 聯(lián)結(jié)在一起, 但為什么我們之間的 聯(lián)結(jié)卻如此微弱？

【12】My artwork deals with evolution, biology and the senses.

我的藝術(shù)作品與進(jìn)化、 生物和感官有關(guān)。

【13】I'm interested in how organisms are composed of different life-forms, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses ...

我的興趣在于探索有機(jī)體 是由什么樣的生命形態(tài)組成, 比如細(xì)菌、真菌、病毒等等,

【14】but also how different chemical and molecular interactions can happen whenever we simply take a breath.

也非常好奇 在我們呼吸之間會(huì)發(fā)生 怎樣不同的化學(xué)和分子反應(yīng)。

【15】So I've always found modern technology to be quite limiting because of how cold and flat it is.

我總是覺得現(xiàn)代科技很有局限, 它們冰冷且直白。

【16】But what if our machines could be more holistic?

但如果我們的機(jī)器可以更完整呢？

【17】And what if our machines could relate to us in a more holistic way?

如果我們的機(jī)器可以以一種 更廣闊的方式與我們產(chǎn)生聯(lián)結(jié)呢？

【18】And what if our machines could be more than just our tools, and instead, a new type of companion species?

如果我們的機(jī)器 不僅僅是我們的工具, 更是一種新伙伴呢？

【19】I believe we need to embrace who we are as symbiotic living beings, and design machines to reflect this.

作為一種共生生物, 我認(rèn)為我們需要接受我們的本質(zhì), 設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)器反映這個(gè)特質(zhì)。

【20】What if the world was populated by machines that were more like animals and plants, instead of something you'd find in a factory?

如果這個(gè)世界充滿了 類似動(dòng)植物的機(jī)器, 而非工廠里千篇一律的機(jī)械, 會(huì)怎么樣呢？

【21】This exploration could teach us so much more about life, in all its vast complexities.

這種探索讓我們深入了解生命, 高深莫測的生命。

【22】These ideas might sound like mere science fiction, but my mission as an artist is to create possibilities of other worlds, and other ways of living and being, even if just for a moment.

這些想法聽起來 只會(huì)存在于科幻小說中, 但是我作為藝術(shù)家的使命就是 創(chuàng)造其他世界的可能性, 創(chuàng)造其他生存、生活的方式, 就算可能轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝。

【23】So when I was invited to imagine a large-scale installation at the Tate Modern in London, I decided to make this world I'm describing a reality.

我被邀請為倫敦 泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館（Tate Modern） 設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)大型裝置時(shí), 我決定要做一個(gè) 我稱之為現(xiàn)實(shí)的世界。

【24】The museum space is incredibly vast, and I knew right away that I wanted to transform it into an aquarium of machines.

博物館的空間很大, 我立馬想到要把它變成一個(gè) 機(jī)器的“水族館”。

【25】I asked myself, "What would it feel like to live in the world with machines that could live in the wild and evolve on their own?"

我問我自己: “生活在一個(gè)機(jī)器可以在野外自主 生存進(jìn)化的世界里會(huì)是什么感覺？”

【26】To explore this question, I created two new machine species that I call "aerobes."

為了探索這個(gè)問題, 我創(chuàng)造了兩個(gè)全新的機(jī)器物種, 名叫“aerobe”（需氧菌）。

【27】I released 12 aerobes into the museum space so they could form their own small ecosystem.

我在展廳放了 12 個(gè) aerobes, 這樣它們可以形成自己的 小型生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。

【28】In order to minimize our human-centric biases, and to steer clear of simply mimicking the human form,

為了減少人類相關(guān)的偏見, 鏟除局限于模仿 人類物種的可能性,

【29】I worked with my team to look at the natural world, and we were inspired by creatures like the comb jellyfish and the lion's mane mushroom.

我和我的團(tuán)隊(duì)觀察了自然世界, 受到了一些生物的啟發(fā),比如 櫛水母和猴頭菇。

【30】We also looked deeply into the field of soft robotics, and ultimately brought the aerobes to life by designing them with fluid movement and lighter-than-air construction.

我們也深入研究了 柔性機(jī)器人這一領(lǐng)域, 終于將 aerobes 設(shè)計(jì)完成, 具備流暢的動(dòng)作 和輕于空氣的構(gòu)造。

【31】When you look at these aerobes, it gives you a feeling almost opposite to the uncanny valley.

看著這些 aerobes, 你會(huì)產(chǎn)生與恐怖谷截然相反的感受。

【32】You know that they're mechanical, yet they feel palpably alive.

你知道它們只是機(jī)械, 但是你可以感受到它們的鮮活。

【33】You feel like you might be next to some majestic and remote life-form.

你可能會(huì)感覺你身邊 是一個(gè)雄偉的遠(yuǎn)古生物。

【34】Like swimming next to a humpback whale.

就像在一條座頭鯨邊上游泳。

【35】Their size is imposing ...

它們的尺寸令人望而生畏,

【36】yet they inspire an emotion closer to awe than to fear.

但是它們帶來的是 敬畏而不是畏懼。

【37】You sense that they're almost living, and it makes you want to embrace and coexist with them, to see them truly succeed.

你會(huì)感受到它們幾乎就是活的, 讓你想接受它們、 與它們共存、 見證它們真正地蓬勃生長。

【38】I wanted the aerobes to have a sense of freedom and unpredictability, so I worked with my team to create what is called an artificial life simulation.

我希望 aerobes 傳達(dá)著自由 和不可預(yù)見的感覺, 所以我和我的團(tuán)隊(duì) 制作了人工生命模擬軟件。

【39】This software allows each aerobe to develop unique behaviors and to respond autonomously to its environment.

這個(gè)軟件讓每一個(gè) aerobe 都能產(chǎn)生獨(dú)特的行為, 自主地應(yīng)對環(huán)境。

【40】The aerobes evolve their personalities as they interact and learn from each other.

這些 aerobe 通過互動(dòng)和互相學(xué)習(xí) 發(fā)展出自己的個(gè)性。

【41】The more we flew them, the more we got to know their distinct personalities and their gentle nature.

我們放飛它們的次數(shù)越多, 就能更了解它們獨(dú)特的個(gè)性 和溫和的本質(zhì)。

【42】It was very important for me that the aerobes had their own sensory world.

這些 aerobes 能有自己的 感官世界,對我來說非常重要。

【43】Most AI functions like a mind without a body.

大多數(shù)的人工智能程序更像 一個(gè)沒有身體的大腦。

【44】But all living creatures, from the humble tick to the stealthy panther, learn about the world through their bodies and their senses.

但是所有的生物, 從微不足道的虱子到 難見蹤影的豹子, 都會(huì)通過它們的身體和感官 了解著世界。

【45】These aerobes perceive each other through high-frequency radio waves, and they use thermal sensing to detect other living creatures in their environment.

這些 aerobes 通過 高頻無線電波感知對方, 利用熱感應(yīng) 檢測它們環(huán)境中的其他生物。

【46】An aerobe might be curious about your heat signature, and fly over to greet and flirt with you, while other aerobes are more shy and might go out of their way to avoid a crowd.

一只 aerobe 可能會(huì)因?yàn)?對你的熱量特征很感興趣, 飛過來和你打招呼,撩一撩你, 其他 aerobes 就比較害羞, 可能會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)身離場,遠(yuǎn)離“人”群。

【47】How will these machines and humans be together in the world?

這些機(jī)器和人類 如何在世界上共存呢？

【48】What will this world look like?

這個(gè)世界會(huì)是什么樣的呢？

【49】This world may see machines and humans generating new intimacies and alternate perspectives.

在這樣的世界上,機(jī)器和人類 會(huì)建立新的親密關(guān)系, 帶來全新視角。

【50】My hope is that these aerobes will help us appreciate a more diverse way of living and being.

我的愿望是這些 aerobes 能讓我們更接納 一種多元的生存方式。

【51】Their purpose is not to compete with us or to dominate us, but to ask what a more compatible future could look like.

它們的目的不是與我們競爭, 或是統(tǒng)治我們, 而是展望一個(gè)更兼容的未來。

【52】We all have a stake in this conversation about technologies.

我們每個(gè)人都需要 參與關(guān)于科技的討論。

【53】Can we actively align machines to better reflect our biological reality?

我們可以主動(dòng)讓機(jī)器更好地展現(xiàn) 我們的生物特質(zhì)嗎？

【54】I sincerely hope that you'll consider that machines can be so much more than what we've known, and how they might embody a wisdom drawn from biology.

我衷心地希望你能認(rèn)為 機(jī)器能做到比我們所知的多得多, 它們能體現(xiàn)來自生物學(xué)的智慧。

【55】This project is a project for everybody, to imagine different worlds and different futures.

這個(gè)項(xiàng)目是為了普羅大眾, 讓大家暢想不同的世界和 不同的未來。

【56】It's not too late to change machine evolution and to consider new goals, where machines and humans can coexist in a more compassionate way.

改變機(jī)器進(jìn)化為時(shí)不晚, 我們?nèi)耘f可以設(shè)定新的目標(biāo), 讓機(jī)器和人類以一種 互相更加理解的方式共存。

【57】I believe this is where we can start the conversation.

我認(rèn)為這可以是我們旅程的起點(diǎn)。

【58】(Applause)

（掌聲）

【59】(Music)

（音樂）

【60】(Music ends) Thank you.

（音樂結(jié)束） 謝謝。

【61】(Cheers and applause)