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Morning! Welcome to 霸霸新闻早读, where we read the latest news and learn English together! A couple months ago, the big story was that Google's DeepMind project had clobberedthe world champion of Go in three epic rounds that raised the question: "Will AI dominate the world?". The short answer is, yes. AI is slowly making its way into our world, and one of the firstfrontiersis the world of gaming. Now that computers have conquered board games, they're moving on to more difficult computer games. Let's check out today's story for more details!

来自ZDNet报道

Google's DeepMind has announced that it will be making use of game development studio Blizzard's StarCraft II game as a testing platform for artificial intelligence(AI) and machine-learning research, opening the environment worldwide.

谷歌“深度思维”项目正式宣布，他们将利用游戏开发公司暴雪的游戏《星际争霸2》作为测试平台，进一步研究人工智能、机器学习，在世界范围内开放开发平台（让更多人参与进来）。

"We've worked closely with the StarCraft II team to develop an API that supports something similar to previous bots written with a 'scripted' interface, allowing programmatic control of individual units and access to the full game state (with some new options as well)," DeepMind said.

“我们和《星际2》团队紧密合作，开发API程序接口，用于支持像之前的机器人一样，带有包含脚本的界面，让其可对各个游戏单位进行程序控制，进入到游戏状态中（也会附带一些新的功能选项）。” “深度思维”团队解释道。

According to DeepMind, video games are one of the best ways to test and develop AI, with the company calling StarCraft II "the pinnacle of 1v1 competitive video games".

根据“深度思维”所说，电子游戏是用于发展人工智能的最好途径，公司还把《星际争霸2》称作是“电竞史上1对1游戏的巅峰之作”。

I've never been much of a Starcraft fan. Warcraft was always more up my alley. But this is big news. I can definitely picture that by 2020, AI robots will be competing against human players in the e-sports arena. And I can't guarantee we'll win.

虽然我从来就不是《星际争霸》系列的粉丝，《魔兽争霸》系列一直都能满足我的胃口。但是这绝对是个大新闻。我完全可以想象在2020年之际，人工智能机器人会在电子竞技赛场上和人类对抗的画面。然后我还不敢保证我们能赢。

What do you think of AI? Are you inspired by the possibilities, or afraid of them? Let's talk about it in the comments!

你觉得人工智能怎么样？你对它的潜力感到激动吗，还是感到恐惧？让我们在评论里聊聊吧！

Have an awesome day!

Peace out~

Vocabulary

clobber /'klɑbɚ/ (v.) 彻底击败

frontier /frʌn'tɪr/ (n.) 前沿，领域

artificial intelligence /,ɑrtɪ'fɪʃl ɪn'tɛlɪdʒəns/ (n.) 人工智能

Useful Phrase

Sth. is up sb's alley …能满足某人的胃口

Working for the man wasn't up Ross' alley, so he quit and earned money as a Bitcoin day trader.

给别人打工从来就不能满足罗斯的胃口，所以他辞职并开始靠投资比特币赚钱。

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