大家還記得小時(shí)候我們看的一部動(dòng)畫片《多啦A夢(mèng)》嗎?那時(shí)候我最羨慕的就是多啦A夢(mèng)的時(shí)光穿梭機(jī),總夢(mèng)想著有一天能坐上去看看未來的世界。現(xiàn)在,埃亞爾·吉佛給我們提出了一個(gè)設(shè)想,那就是我們只需要手捧著一個(gè)水晶球,就能預(yù)知未來,這也太不可思議了吧,難道這就是傳說中巫師手中拿著的占卜球嗎?
Eyal Gever: My idea to change the world is a crystal ball 1) app, a machine that will help us predict the future. If you dropped all the worlds data into a black box, it could become a crystal ball that will let us see the future. When knowledge becomes a network, all is possible. Imagine the power that happens to knowledge when very smart 2)algorithms that grasps humanity will analyze that content and 3)visualize that data. You could explore the past, present and 4)prospective future of almost anything in a matter of seconds. Having a super-tool that can help us understand relationships between 5)entities and events over time can foresee what happen[sic] in the future and advise us on taking the best decision, even test what would happen if you choose option A over option B. As Macbeth asked the witches, “If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me.” My crystal ball app will make that a reality.
埃亞爾·吉佛: 我改變世界的想法是開發(fā)一個(gè)水晶球應(yīng)用程序,它能幫助我們預(yù)知未來。如果你把世界上所有的數(shù)據(jù)扔進(jìn)一個(gè)黑色的盒子里,它就會(huì)變成一個(gè)讓我們看到未來的水晶球。當(dāng)知識(shí)變得網(wǎng)絡(luò)化,一切皆有可能。設(shè)想一下,如果用掌控人類文明的精密算法去分析那些內(nèi)容和數(shù)據(jù),在知識(shí)上能產(chǎn)生多大的力量。幾秒鐘之內(nèi),你就能探索幾乎所有事物的過去、現(xiàn)在和未來。擁有一個(gè)能讓我們提前了解實(shí)體與事件之間關(guān)系的超級(jí)工具,能預(yù)知未來,建議我們做出最好的選擇,甚至能夠告訴你選A不選B的后果。就像麥克白問巫婆們時(shí)所說的,“如果你們能夠根據(jù)時(shí)間的種子判斷出哪些莊稼能生長哪些莊稼不能生長,你們?cè)賮砀艺f話”。我的水晶球程序會(huì)把它變成事實(shí)。
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《麥克白》( Macbeth)是莎翁的四大悲劇之一,且被認(rèn)為是其悲劇中最陰暗的一部。這部作品以一個(gè)反面人物做主角,寫的是蘇格蘭大將麥克白和班柯征服叛亂后班師回國,路上遇見三個(gè)女巫。女巫預(yù)言麥克白將成為考特爵士和未來的君王,又預(yù)言班柯的子孫也要做國君,而且比麥克白更有地位,更富有?;貒?,國王果然將考特爵士的頭銜給了麥克白,證實(shí)了女巫的第一個(gè)預(yù)言。后來麥克白在妻子的唆使下,趁國王鄧肯來他城堡做客時(shí)殺害了國王。國王的兩個(gè)兒子逃離,麥克白夫婦登上了國王和王后的寶座。后來他又殺害了班柯。最后麥克白夫人發(fā)瘋自殺,受迫害的貴族麥克德夫和鄧肯的兒子從英國進(jìn)軍,消滅了麥克白。