AI 'architects' are TIME magazine's Person of the Year TIME magazine has announced its 2025 Person of the Year. The annual award goes to a group of people: the "architects of AI". The accolade is bestowed on "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse". Some of these architects appear on TIME's two cover photos. They include the CEOs of Google DeepMind, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Tesla. TIME said the technology magnates brought about "one of the biggest physical infrastructure projects of all time." It described 2025 as the year that AI "roared into view," showing its world-changing potential.
《時代》雜誌宣布 2025 年度人物。這項年度榮譽頒給了一群人——「人工智慧的建築師」。該獎項旨在表彰「那些對新聞和我們的生活影響最大的人，不論好壞，並體現了這一年重要意義的人物」。其中一些建築師出現在《時代》雜誌的兩張封面上，包括 Google DeepMind、Meta、Nvidia、OpenAI 和 Tesla 的執行長。《時代》表示，這些科技巨擘推動了「史上最大規模的物理基礎建設項目之一」。它形容 2025 年是人工智慧「轟然登場」的一年，展現了改變世界的潛力。TIME's editor-in-chief, Sam Jacobs, commented on the decision to recognize the AI architects. He wrote: "It was hard to read or watch anything without being confronted with news about the rapid advancement of a technology and the people driving it. Those stories unleashed a million debates about how disruptive AI would be for our lives. No business leader could talk about the future without invoking the impact of this technological revolution. No parent or teacher could ignore how their teenager or student was using it." He also noted the "trade-offs" associated with AI. These included vast energy requirements, job losses, the proliferation of misinformation, and cyberattacks.
《時代》總編輯山姆·雅各布斯（Sam Jacobs）對這一決定作出評論。他寫道：「幾乎無論閱讀或觀看任何內容，都會遇到有關這項技術快速發展及其推動者的新聞。這些故事引發了數百萬場辯論，討論人工智慧將如何顛覆我們的生活。沒有任何商業領袖能在談論未來時不提及這場技術革命的影響。沒有任何父母或老師能忽視青少年或學生正在如何使用它。」他同時指出人工智慧帶來的「權衡取捨」，包括龐大的能源需求、工作流失、假訊息的擴散，以及網路攻擊。
Vocabulary
- Annual (adjective) - Yearly.
- Architects (noun) - Designers or creators.
- Accolade (noun) - Award or honour.
- Bestowed (verb) - Given or awarded.
- Embodied (verb) - Represented or symbolized.
- Magnates (noun) - Powerful business leaders.
- Infrastructure (noun) - Basic systems and facilities.
- Roared (verb) - Moved powerfully and noisily.
- Confronted (verb) - Faced or met with.
- Advancement (noun) - Progress or development.
- Unleashed (verb) - Released or set off.
- Debates (noun) - Discussions or arguments.
- Disruptive (adjective) - Causing major change or disturbance.
- Invoking (verb) - Citing or calling upon.
- Trade-offs (noun) - Compromises or balances.
- Vast (adjective) - Huge or enormous.
- Proliferation (noun) - Rapid increase or spread.
- Misinformation (noun) - False or incorrect information.
- Cyberattacks (noun) - Attacks on computer systems.
