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十多年前,AI画的猫脸还是一个满是噪点、模糊不清的剪影,但如今,从2021年DALL·E画出的那把牛油果椅子,到今年DALL·E 2勾勒出的宇航员在太空中骑马的形象,这些出自AI之“手”的作品已经变得相当栩栩如生了。不过,随着AI作图软件及作品越来越多地出现在大众视野中,它也迎来诸多质疑——比如人类该如何使用这些作品?用户使用AI作画并商用算不算抄袭?以及,它未来会如何发展?
双语选段
重点解析
The ability of deep learning to extract patterns from data means that you can copy an artist's style without copying their images, just by putting their name in the prompt.
深度学习从数据中提取模式的能力意味着,你可以复制艺术家的风格,而无需复制他们的作品,只需将他们的名字放在提示词中就行。
重点词汇短语:
1. extract /ˈekstrækt , ɪkˈstrækt/
v. 摘录;提取;提炼;索取,设法得到 (对方不愿提供的信息、钱财等);选取;选录;(用力)取出,拔出;获得,得到
n. 提取物;摘录;选录;选曲;节录;浓缩物;汁
例句:
They used to extract iron ore from this site.
他们曾在这个地方开采铁矿。
This article is extracted from his new book.
本文选自他的新书。
After much persuasion they managed to extract the information from him.
做了大量说服工作后,他们终于从他那儿挖来了情报。
The following extract is taken from her new novel.
下面一段摘自她的新小说。
The cream contained extracts of/from several plants.
这种护肤霜中含有数种植物萃取精华。
近义词辨析:
▲ quotation 引文,引语。指引自书籍、演讲、戏剧等的短语或句子,通常内容有趣或有用。
He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.
他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的名言。
▲ citation 引文,引语。指引自书籍、演讲等的话,通常标明出处、作者等信息。
There were dozens of citations from the works of Goethe in her essay.
她的文章多处引用了歌德的作品。
▲ extract 摘录,选段。指从书籍、文章、音乐等中节选的片段,通常篇幅较长。
He only found short extracts from the film.
他只找到了那部电影的一些小片段。
2. prompt /prɑːmpt/
v. 促使;导致;激起;鼓励,提示,提醒(某人说话);给(演员)提词
adj. 立即;及时的;迅速的;敏捷的;准时的
n. 提示符;(给演员的) 提词,提示
adv. 准时地
例句:
Prompt action was required as the fire spread.
由于火势蔓延,须要立即采取行动。
Please be prompt when attending these meetings.
参加上述会议,请准时出席。
She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
她紧张得说不出话来,只好听人提示。
I forgot my line and had to be prompted.
我忘词了,只好让人提词。
The meeting will begin at ten o'clock prompt.
会议将于十点钟准时开始。
常见搭配:
prompt sb to do sth 促使(某人)决定说(或做)某事
What prompted you to say that?
什么促使你那么说的?
近义词辨析:
▲ motivate 强调驱使人们采取行动的原因或动机。
He is genuinely motivated by a desire to help people.
他完全是出于帮助人的愿望。
▲ drive 侧重外来的驱策力和内心的感情力量的驱使。
He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me mad.
地板上到处都是他扔的脏衣服,真要把我给气疯了。
▲ prompt 与motivate近义,强调起因。
His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.
他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。
I asked him what kind of norms he would like to see as prompting becomes widespread.
我问他,根据提示词作画被广泛传播的现在,他希望看到什么样的行业标准。
重点词汇短语:
norm /nɔːrm/
n. 标准;规范;常态;定额;正常行为;行为标准
例句:
Europe has varied cultural, political and ethical norms
欧洲拥有形形色色的文化、政治和道德准则。
About 32 percent of students meet national norms in reading.
大约32%的学生达到国家阅读标准。
常见搭配:
the norm 常态,正常行为
Families of six or seven are the norm in Borough Park.
六七口人的家庭在菠萝园是常事儿。
Also, I think the artists should be allowed to opt-in or opt-out of having their work that they worked so hard on by hand be used as a dataset for creating this other artwork.
我也认为艺术家应该被允许自行选择能否利用他们自己的画作,将他们如此努力的手工作品被用作创建这个其他艺术品的数据集。
重点词汇短语:
opt /ɑːpt/
v. 选择,挑选
例句:
After graduating she opted for a career in music.
毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.
许多工人宁肯下岗也不接受减薪。
常见搭配:
opt in (to sth) 决定加入;选择参与
opt out (of sth) 决定退出;选择不参与
近义词辨析:
▲ elect 指按照一定的规章或法律,用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。
We elected her as our representative.
我们选她当代表。
▲ select 书面用词,具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
He was selected to play for Australia at the age of only 18.
他才18岁就被选进了澳大利亚队。
▲ pick 口语用词,多指从个人角度仔细挑选,也含任意挑选之意。
The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos.
警察问他能否从一组照片中认出凶手。
▲ choose 普通用词,侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择,着重被选者的优点。
He chose a shirt from the many in his wardrobe.
他从衣柜里众多衬衫中选了一件。
▲ opt 多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。
After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
经过反复考虑,我决定不买摩托车。
The latent space of these models contains some dark corners that get scarier as outputs become photorealistic.
这些模型的潜在空间包含一些灰色地带,随着输出变得逼真,这些空间也变得更加可怕。
重点词汇短语:
latent /ˈleɪtnt/
adj. 潜伏的,潜在的,隐藏的,不易察觉的;<医>潜伏的,隐性的;<植>休眠的
例句:
These children have a huge reserve of latent talent.
这些孩子蕴藏着极大的潜在天赋。
Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message.
广告的意图是以公开的信息传达隐含之意。
近义词辨析:
▲ latent 指存在但看不见的现象或潜在的性质。
We're trying to bring out the latent artistic talents that many people possess without realizing it.
我们正在努力挖掘许多人自身具有但却没有意识到的潜在艺术才能。
▲ potential 强调潜在的可能性或能力。
Many potential customers are waiting for a fall in prices before buying.
很多潜在的顾客都在等着降价再购买。
It's just sort of an infinitely complex mirror held up to our society and what we deemed worthy enough to, you know, put on the internet in the first place and how we think about what we do put up.
它就像是一面无限复杂的镜子,支撑着我们的社会,并反映出我们认为哪些内容值得放在互联网的首位,以及我们如何看待我们所发布的内容。
重点词汇短语:
deem /diːm/
v. 认为;视为;相信
例句:
The evening was deemed a great success.
大家认为这次晚会非常成功。
She deemed it prudent not to say anything.
她认为什么都不说是明智的。
They would take any action deemed necessary .
他们会采取认为必要的任何行动。
近义词辨析:
▲ count 指作出判断后而得出的看法等。
I count myself fortunate to have had such a good education.
能受到如此良好的教育我认为自己很幸运。
▲ consider 指经过考虑和观察后得出的结论。
He is currently considered (to be) the best British athlete.
他目前被认为是英国最出色的运动员。
▲ deem 正式用词,常用于法律、文学,强调作判断而不是思考。
Anyone not paying the registration fee by 31 March will be deemed to have withdrawn from the offer.
凡未在3月31日前交纳注册费者,将被视为退出该项计划。
▲ regard 侧重凭外表或表面现象作判断。多强调观点。
He is generally/widely regarded as the father of international law.
他被普遍/广泛认为是国际法之父。
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