思考：未來計算機邁向新的里程碑
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????現在，我們正朝著這個未來邁出第一步。我們正著手打造完全不同類型的計算機。假以時日，這些機器或將變得更接近人類。不過，它們能夠無時不刻調動一切記憶，而且無所不知，在這點上，人類當然無法望其項背。 ????人們所做的事情以及他們所創造的工具定義了人類。通過機器，我們極大地強化了自身：在許多領域，人力已經被機器所替代。我們能建造、開發更多的工具，能去到更多的地方。因為我們一手創造的工具，我們能更迅速地旅行到更遙遠的地方。計算機和計算機設備就是我們工具之路的一個方面。計算機使我們能探索自身想法，表達創意，它給我們帶來的幫助超越了其他所有發明。 ????借助我們建造的這些機器，世界將變得更加“聰明”。在未來20到50年里，隨著信息技術不斷進步，持續取得突破性進展，我們有望看到新型的計算機，假以時日，我們將最終制造出真正能夠感知和“思考”的機器。 |
????Meantime, we're taking the first steps in that journey now. We're starting to build very different types of machines. Over time, these machines will become ever closer to being like us. They will even be able to think of everything and know everything all the time, which, of course, no human brain can do. ????Human beings are defined by the things that they do and the tools they create. We've made ourselves stronger through machinery: in many places, muscle power has been substituted with machine power. We can build more things, make more things and go more places. We can travel faster and farther because of the machines that we build. Computers and computing devices are another step on that path. They let us explore our ideas and express creativity in ways that take us beyond all of our other inventions. ????The world is going to get even "smarter" as a result of the machines we build. Over the next 20 to 50 years, we'll see new types of machines and over time, we may finally have cognitive devices that can actually "think" as advances in information technology continue to build upon the breakthroughs of the past. |
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????史蒂夫?米爾斯是IBM公司高級副總裁兼軟件及系統集團總經理。他于2010年開始擔任軟件及系統集團總經理這一職位，使他在承擔軟件工作之外，還要擔負起更多的硬件和系統工作。自1989年以來，米爾斯在IBM擔任過一系列不同的高級領導崗位。1995年，米爾斯一手領導了IBM軟件集團的成立工作。他于2000年起開始擔任IBM高級副總裁及軟件集團總經理。如今，米爾斯領導著大約11萬IBM員工，其工作涉及開發、制造、銷售、市場和專業支持等眾多領域。IBM的產品業務每年為公司帶來高達400億美元營收。米爾斯于1973年加入IBM公司，他畢業于紐約聯合大學（Union College）。 ????譯者：項航 |
??? Steve Mills is Senior Vice President and Group Executive - Software & Systems, a role he assumed in 2010 and which added hardware and systems to his software responsibilities. He has held various executive leadership positions in IBM since 1989. He has played a leading role in the growth of IBM Software Group since its inception in 1995.He became Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Software Group in 2000. In his current role, Mills is responsible for directing approximately 110,000 employees spanning development, manufacturing, sales, marketing and support professions. IBM's product business contributes $40 billion of IBM's revenue. He joined IBM in 1973 after graduating New York's Union College. |
