扯淡生命史（2024）

不能
No.
它能知道地震会什么时候爆发？
Can it tell when an earthquake's gonna go off?
不能
No.
能让食物更辣？- 它只是一个粒子
Can it make food spicier? - It's just a particle.
你这样就相当于在问 “电子能知道地震什么时候爆发？”
It's like saying, "Can an electron tell when an earthquake's gonna go off?"
能？- 不能
Can it? - No.
次原子微粒 世上最微小的东西
Subatomic particles, the tiniest things in existence,
可以同时以两种不同的状态存在
can simultaneously exist in two different states at once.
就像利亚姆·海姆斯沃斯一样 既性感又无聊
Just like Liam Hemsworth, who's sexy and boring.
换句话说 科学也像上帝一样 以神秘的方式运转
In other words, science moves in mysterious ways just like God does,
这就很尴尬了
which was awkward
因为科学家一口咬定 上帝不存在
because scientists had decided God didn't exist.
所以他们发明了一套全新的科学
So they invented a whole new kind of science,
不符合科学的万物科学
the science of things that don't make scientific sense.
为了听起来正式一些 还给取了一个聪明的名字
And to make it sound official, they gave it a clever name.
量子物理学是什？
What is Quantum McPhysics?
量子物理学是...
Quantum physics is...
所以量子力学 是描述世界如何运作的最好的理论
So quantum mechanics is our best theory of how the world works.
它能描述除了重力外 我们观察到的
It describes everything that we've observed
一切事物
other than gravity.
镜子是根据量子物理学♥运♥行的？
Do mirrors run on quantum physics?
运？- 对
Run? - Yeah.
意思是...
As in...?
根据量子物理学 镜子不应该起作用 镜子是个奇迹
According to quantum physics, mirrors shouldn't work. They're a miracle.
不是这样的
That's not correct.
量子理论证明 有无限多重宇宙 像漫威电影里
Quantum theorionics proves there's infinite multiverses,
讲的那样 对？
like in Marvel films, doesn't it?
那是对这个理论的一种解释
That's one interpretation of the theory.
有多少个无限多重宇？
How many infinite multiverses are there?
如果有无限个多重宇宙
If there were an infinite number of multiverses,
那么多重宇宙的数量就应该是无限个
then the number of multiverses would be infinite.
我觉得有两个 我们的宇宙和镜子中的宇宙
See, I think there's two. Ours and the one in mirrors.
镜子是宇宙的窗口 不是？
Mirrors are windows into other universes, aren't they?
不是 - 我的朋友保罗说
No.
镜子依靠量子能量运行
My mate Paul says they run on quantum power
所以才能看到异次元
and that's why you can see into an alternative dimension
里面的一切都跟我们的王国一样 只不过是反的
in which everything's the same as our realm but backwards.
保罗是做什么？
What does Paul do?
他在网球工厂工作 负责接网球
Well, he worked in a tennis ball factory where he had to catch tennis balls.
但他被开除了 现在失业了
But he was fired from that, and now he's unemployed.
抱歉 我是在浪费你的时间？
Sorry, am I wasting your time?
是
Yeah.
到了20世纪末
By the end of the 20th century,
科学通过解释造物
science had tried to outdo religion
拆解物质存在的结构 发现上帝微粒
by explaining creation, unpicking the fabric of existence,
以此来尝试超越宗教
and discovering the God particle.
它的下一招动作
For its next trick,
就是尝试模仿上帝本人
it tried to emulate God himself
来创造生命
by creating life.
第一个克隆出来的动物是克隆羊多莉
The first ever thing to be cloned was Dolly the sheep,
她是多莉的女儿 多莉是另一只羊
daughter of Dolly, the other sheep.
多莉成了历史上最有名的绵羊
Dolly became the most famous sheep in history,
不过说实话 成为有名的羊 标准不高
although to be fair, that's a low baa.
当然了 克隆引发了一些尴尬的问题
Of course, cloning raises awkward questions
让人♥质♥疑我们的身份感
about our sense of identity.
如果有人复♥制♥了我
If I get copied,
我还是独特的？
am I still unique?
还是克隆的我更独特？
Or is the clone me more unique because it's a clone, which is cooler?
因为那是克隆人 比我更酷炫一点？
because it's a clone, which is cooler?
是什么让我成为我 让你成为你
What makes me me and you you
让我们成为我们？
and us us and we we?
但我们应该不会被克隆人取代 更有可能的是
But rather than being replaced by clones,
被我们创造出的 另一个东西取代 那就是电脑
it's more likely we'll be replaced by something else we created, computers,
电脑现在变得太聪明了
which are becoming so clever, they might one day outsmart their masters.
有一天可能都要比主人聪明了
they might one day outsmart their masters.
电脑会聪明到能下国际象棋？
Will a computer ever be clever enough to play chess?
电脑已经足够聪明 可以下国际象棋了
Computers are already clever enough to play chess.
真的？那可是复杂的国际象棋啊
Really? This is chess we're talking about?
对 电脑在几年前就已经 在国际象棋上超越了人类
Yes. Years ago, computers overtook human beings at chess.
但电脑知道那些棋子 都是做什么的？还有那种马的棋子
But do they know what all the pieces do? Even the little horse ones?
知道
Yes.
但马的移♥动♥方向是随机的
But the horse ones move in random directions, don't they?
没有固定模式 - 不是的 有的 只会朝一个方向...
There's no pattern to it. - No, there is. They just move...
走两步 或者朝另一个方向走 所以...
two in one direction and one in the other, so...
对 是电脑帮我们 算出这个问题的？
Oh, right. Did the computers work that out for us?
电脑已经不满足于下国际象棋了
Not content with playing chess,
现在已经越来越擅长模仿
computers are getting better at emulating other more human,
其他更加像人类 但不像国际象棋的追求了
less chess-like pursuits.
人工智能最早的例子 是一个叫伊莉莎的软件
One of the first examples of AI was a piece of software called ELIZA,
这个名字肯定有什么特殊意义
which stands for something.
伊莉莎模拟的是一名精神科医生
ELIZA simulated a psychiatrist.
会问你今天感觉如何 回应你的回答
It would ask you how you were feeling and respond to your reply.
但都是一些基本功能
But it was basic.
并不能完成 精神科医生能完成的一切工作
It couldn't do everything a psychiatrist can do.
不能绕着桌子走 不能多收你钱
It couldn't walk round the desk or overcharge you,
跟秘书搞婚外恋、做炒蛋或者这样...
start an affair with its secretary, cook an omelet, or go...
如今 人工智能无处不在 我们身边到处都是 在我们家中 在我们手中
Today, AI is everywhere and all around us, in our homes and in our hands
有像苹果Siri、亚马逊亚历克萨... - 你好
with digital assistants like Siri... - Hi there.
...还有谷歌♥那个 没人记住名字的数字助手
...Alexa and that Google one no one remembers.
说真的 直接叫毛毛虫蛋糕也可以
Seriously, it might as well be called Cuthbert.
但当大家谈论起人工智能
But when people talk about AI,
多数人想到的是生成的 人工智能聊天机器人 比如这个
most of them are thinking about generative AI chatbots like this,
ChatGPT 非常擅长模仿人类
ChatGPT, which is so good at mimicking humans,
我们还不如直接死了算了
we might as well fucking kill ourselves.
至少它刚才是这样跟我说的
Or at least, that's what it just told me.
人们对人工智能有很多担忧
People worry a lot about AI.
你？
What about you?
你是说 我担心...
You mean am I worried about...?
不是 我是说 大家应该担心你？
No, I mean, should they worry about you?
希望不会
N... I hope not. I hope not.
我是说...大家担心人工智能
I mean, I'm... People are worried about artificial intelligence
因为大家觉得 也许有一天 人工智能会取代人类
because they think maybe one day it'll replace us human beings.
我是人类 他们为什么要担心？
I'm a human being. Why should they be worried about me?
不是 我是说担心“泥”
No, the letter "U."
“泥土”的“泥”
They're all vowels, aren't they? A, I, U.
人工智能中的“泥”是什？
What does the "U" in AI stand for?
人工智能中没有“泥”
Th... There isn't a "U" in AI.
那就是保密？电脑藏着的？
So, it's a secret then? The computer's hidden it?
我不只是机器或者人
I'm more than machine or man,
不止是两者的融合
more than a fusion of the two.
当然了 人类不会被科幻片中
Us humans aren't about to be slaughtered
那种噩梦机器人屠♥杀♥
by the nightmarish robots of science fiction.
我们会被现实生活中的 噩梦机器人屠♥杀♥
We're about to be slaughtered by the nightmarish robots of real life.
现在 人类站在悬崖峭壁的边缘
Now as humans stand on a precipice at the edge of a cliff face,
凝视着无底的深渊
peering into a bottomless abyss
思考下面是否有一片空缺
and wondering if there's a void underneath it,
生命意义的问题 变得空前紧急
the question of life's purpose seems more urgent than ever.
连专家都很疑惑
And even experts are confused.
人类的存在有意义？
Is there a point to human existence?
如果有 那意义是什么？
And if there is, what is it?
你回答这个问题的时候 别忘了 如果答案太长
When you're answering, bear in mind that if it's too long,
我们就只能在屏幕的一部分 叠加有趣的宠物视频
we have to overlay funny pet videos over part of the screen
以免观众无聊
so viewers don't get bored.
我们希望自己的生命有意义
Well, we want our lives to have meaning.
问题是
And the question is,
这个意义
is that meaning
是我们构造的
something that we construct
就像德国哲学家尼采说的那样
which is what the German philosopher Nietzsche would say,
还是说 这个意义 是我们在世上发现？
or is meaning something that we discover in the world?
也许这个意义是上帝创造的
Maybe that meaning is generated by God,