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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Three reasons why it’s good news that robots are getting smarter They are becoming more capable, easier to program and better at explaining themselves. The Economist Robots 6 June, 2024 | 606 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ The robots are coming! In science fiction that is usually an ominous warning. In the real world, it is a prediction—and a welcome one. The field of robotics has made impressive progress in the past year, as researchers in universities and industry have applied advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to machines. The same technology that enables chatbots like Chatgpt to hold conversations, or systems like DALL-E to create realistic-looking images from text descriptions, can give robots of all kinds a dramatic brain upgrade. As a result, robots are becoming more capable, easier to program and able to explain what they are doing (see Science & technology section). Investors are piling into robotics startups.
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