If hobbits and wizards aren't your thing, perhaps you're into science fiction. 如果哈比人和巫師不是你的所愛，或許你是對科幻小說感興趣。
And as Phil Han reports, it's a struggle between man and machines [that] could become a reality very soon. 根據費爾．漢恩的報導，人和機器之間的對抗可能很快就會成真。
Murder's a new trick for a robot. 謀殺對機器人而言是新把戲。
It's a threat that could change the course of humanity, and it's not what you think. 這種威脅可能會改變人性的走向，而且和你想的不一樣。
We're gonna miss the good old days. 我們會懷念美好的從前。
What good old days? 什麼美好的從前？
When people were killed by other people. 那段人類是被其他人類殺害的日子。
Just like the Hollywood film I, Robot, what if machines started developing their own artificial intelligence? 就像好萊塢電影《機械公敵》一樣，萬一機器開始發展自己的人工智慧怎麼辦？
Robots might naturally evolve. 機器人可能會自然進化。
It's a real enough danger that Cambridge University has set up a new center to study the pitfalls posed by artificial intelligence. 這種危險真實到讓劍橋大學設立了一座新的中心，研究人工智慧造成的意想不到的危險，
And they're not the only ones. But don't panic just yet. 而且這麼做的還不只他們。但先不用恐慌。
What if there's a transition into a situation where perhaps the balance of power changes between us and artificial intelligence? 萬一情況演變成為我們和人工智慧之間的權力平衡可能發生變化的地步，那該怎麼辦？
I think that is far more likely to be something that happens over a period of time. 我認為一段時間之後就很有可能會發生這樣的事。
While the kinds of robotic technology seen in films may still be a long way off, 雖然在電影裡看到的那種機器人科技，可能還是很久以後的事，
billions of dollars are being spent each year on developing artificial intelligence in military systems. 但每年卻有數十億美元用於開發軍事系統的人工智慧。
The U.S. has already developed a slew of high-tech gadgets, from pilotless drones to machines that can run faster than Usain Bolt. 美國已經開發出大量的高科技器具，從無人飛機，到能跑得比尤森．波特還快的機器。
Other robots with artificial intelligence include creations that can even walk on ice or detect uneven terrain. 其他配備人工智慧的機器人還包括甚至能在冰上行走，或能偵測出地形起伏的發明。
While many of us may have visions like this scene from the hit The Terminator, where the Skynet military system is destroying the planet, 雖然我們可能很多人都看過賣座電影《魔鬼終結者》這一幕，天網軍事系統要將地球摧毀，
it doesn't look like it'll happen in our lifetime. 但看來這種事應該不會在我們有生之年發生。
But then again, no one ever really does know what the future holds. 不過，話說回來，沒有人真的知道未來會如何。
I'll be back. 我會回來的。