近日，英國劍橋大學(xué)存在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)研究中心(CESR)公布了人類滅絕的10種可能，并對它們的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)等級進(jìn)行了排序。CESR認(rèn)為美國總統(tǒng)特朗普也可能引發(fā)世界末日，并且認(rèn)為這種可能性超過了行星撞地球、氣候變化以及機(jī)器人殺手等威脅。一起來看看世界末日究竟可能會以何種方式到來吧！

⒈Artificial Intelligence 人工智能

Humanity faces an uncertain future as technology learns to think for itself and adapt to its environment. Experts predict①that machines will attain②90 percent of human-level intelligence by 2075．

由于科技開始學(xué)習(xí)自我思考并適應(yīng)環(huán)境，人類正面臨著一個不確定的未來。專家預(yù)言，到2075年，機(jī)器的智力水平將達(dá)到人類的90%。

⒉Bio-hacking 生物黑客

Superbugs capable of everything from curing diseases to mopping up③pollution could one day become reality, through synthetic④biology．

從治療疾病到清除污染，合成生物學(xué)有朝一日會讓無所不能的超級細(xì)菌變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。

⒊Killer robots 機(jī)器人殺手

Fully autonomous⑤weapons, also known as "killer robots", are quickly moving：from the coverage of science fiction toward reality.Removing humans from the targeting decision would create a dangerous world, with machines making life-and-death determinations outside of human control．

全自動武器也被稱為“機(jī)器人殺手”，它正迅速從科幻小說走向現(xiàn)實(shí)世界。當(dāng)機(jī)器在作出生死決定時(shí)不受人類控制，在決定目標(biāo)時(shí)將人類排除在外，世界將變得非常危險(xiǎn)。

⒋Nuclear War核戰(zhàn)爭

There are now more than 15,000 nuclear weapons on this planet, but to pull Earth into a devastating⑥nuclear winter, all it would take is the detonation⑦of l00．

目前，地球上存在的核武器超過1 5000枚，但是只需要引爆1 00枚核武器就可以讓地球進(jìn)入災(zāi)難性的核冬天。

⒌Climate change 氣候變化

Scientists warn of a tipping point-a temperature beyond which the problem can no longer be dialled back. If we reach this point, a runaway⑧greenhouse effect would cause temperatures to rise to several hundred degrees Celsius, boiling the oceans and making life on Earth impossible．

科學(xué)家們提醒，氣溫超過某個臨界點(diǎn)之后，問題將會到無法挽回的地步。如果氣溫達(dá)到了這個臨界點(diǎn)，那么失控的溫室效應(yīng)將會使氣溫飆升到幾百攝氏度，讓海水沸騰，地球上將無法生存。

⒍Asteroid impact 小行星撞擊

With energy greater than 10 million Hiroshima bombs, the impact⑨shock would fl atten everything within a 186, mile(300km) radius⑩However, the CESR rate this as a low risk priority.

小行星撞擊的能量比1 000萬枚投放在廣島的原子彈還要強(qiáng)，其帶來的沖擊能把方圓300公里的土地都夷為平地。然而，CESR認(rèn)為這種情況的可能性較低。

⒎Simulated world 虛擬世界

While still largely the preserve of science fiction，the idea that the world we experience as"real" is actually just a simulationis still given serious thought by sci entists, philosophers, and even businesses．

科學(xué)家、哲學(xué)家、甚至連商界都在認(rèn)真思考這樣一種觀點(diǎn)，即人類認(rèn)為的“真實(shí)”世界實(shí)際上是虛擬的，不過這種觀點(diǎn)基本上仍然停留在科幻小說之中。

⒏Food shortages 糧食短缺

Global food shortageswill become three times more likely as a result of climate change，according to one report．

一份報(bào)告稱，由于氣候變化，世界糧食短缺的可能性將翻三倍。

⒐Particle accelerator粒子對撞機(jī)

An other improbable possibility raised as a concern to the future existence of the planet is that supercollider experiments could accidentally destroy planet Earth．

另外一種關(guān)于地球毀滅的較低的可能性是超級對撞機(jī)實(shí)驗(yàn)可能意外毀滅地球。

⒑ Tyrannical ruler 暴君

CSER's Julius said，"With Trump, we are moving away from a world in which scientific evidence counts in debates. That impedes(阻礙) our abiliy to deal with any kind of threats. It makes our governance worse and increases risk."

CSER的朱利葉斯表示：“特朗普讓我們與一個科學(xué)證據(jù)在討論中說了算的世界漸行漸遠(yuǎn)。他妨礙了我們應(yīng)對各種威脅的能力。讓我們的治理能力變得更糟，讓世界更危險(xiǎn)?！?

① predict英 [pr?'d?kt] 美 [pr?'d?kt]vt. 預(yù)報(bào)，預(yù)言；預(yù)知vi. 作出預(yù)言；作預(yù)料，作預(yù)報(bào)

② attain 英 [?'te?n] 美 [?'ten] vt. 達(dá)到，實(shí)現(xiàn)；獲得；到達(dá)vi. 達(dá)到；獲得；到達(dá)n. 成就

③mop up 擦；用拖把拖洗；結(jié)束

④ synthetic 英 [s?n'θet?k] 美 [s?n'θ?t?k]adj. 綜合的；合成的，人造的n. 合成物

⑤ autonomous 英 [??'t?n?m?s] 美 [?'tɑn?m?s]adj. 自治的；自主的；自發(fā)的

⑥ devastating['dev?steiti?] adj. 毀滅性的；全然的v. 摧毀（devastate的ing形式）；毀壞

⑦ detonation 英 [det?'ne??(?)n] 美 [,d?t?'ne??n] n. 爆炸；爆炸聲；爆發(fā)

⑧ runaway 英 ['r?n?we?] 美 ['r?n?we]adj. 逃亡的；逃走的n. 逃跑；逃走的人

⑨ impact英 ['?mp?kt] 美 [?m'p?kt] n. 影響；效果；碰撞；沖擊力vt. 擠入，壓緊；撞擊；對……產(chǎn)生影響vi. 影響；撞擊；沖突；壓緊（on，upon，with）

⑩radius英 ['re?d??s] 美 ['red??s] n. 半徑，半徑范圍；[解剖]橈骨；輻射光線；有效航程n. (Radius)人名；(意、印尼)拉迪烏斯；(英)雷迪厄斯；(法)拉迪于斯

simulation 英 [,s?mj?'le???n] 美 ['s?mj?'le??n]n. 仿真；模擬；模仿；假裝

shortage 英 ['???t?d?] 美 ['??rt?d?] n. 缺乏，缺少；不足