Last week, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly supported artificial intelligence at a summit.
美国卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪上周在一个峰会上公开支持人工智能。
The event was called the MAHA Summit. Its main focus was AI and Silicon Valley executives.
这个峰会叫MAHA峰会,主角是人工智能和硅谷高管。
He said this technology would free Americans from "medical tyranny."
他说,这项技术将让美国人摆脱“医疗暴政”。
He also said Americans could "fact-check their own medical advice."
他还说,美国人能“对自己的医疗建议进行事实核查”。
He said Americans would no longer be controlled by officials who tell them to "trust the experts."
他说,美国人再也不会被那些叫他们“相信专家”的官员支配。
Some well-known MAHA people quickly criticized this move.
一些知名的MAHA人士很快批评了这一举动。
They believe the movement's leader is working with business interests that were once questioned.
他们认为,该运动的领导人正在与曾被审视的企业利益勾结。
Medical experts said Kennedy's idea of AI as a check on the health system has a basic flaw.
医学专家则表示,肯尼迪把人工智能视为制衡医疗体制的想法有根本缺陷。
Dr. Zeke Emanuel is a cancer expert and bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania. He said Kennedy clearly does not understand how AI works.
宾夕法尼亚大学癌症专家兼生物伦理学家泽克·伊曼纽尔博士说,肯尼迪显然不理解人工智能如何运作。
He said AI gathers existing medical literature and case information.
他说,人工智能汇集的是已有的医学文献和病例信息。
So what you actually get is medical expertise.
所以,实际得到的就是医学专业知识。
Emily Hilliard is a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services. She responded that Emanuel only described "one narrow use" of this technology.
美国卫生与公众服务部发言人艾米莉·希利亚德回应说,伊曼纽尔描述的只是这项技术“一种狭隘的用途”。
She said Kennedy wants AI to help Americans understand and question their own health data.
她说,肯尼迪希望人工智能帮助美国人理解、质询自己的健康数据。
He also wants AI to help people compare their data with evidence. He wants it to help them make better decisions with their doctors.
他还希望人工智能帮助人们与证据比较,并与医生一起做出更好决定。
She also said this technology will help doctors work faster. It will give them more time to treat and care for patients.
她还说,这项技术将帮助医生更快工作,有更多时间治疗和照护患者。
OpenAI and Anthropic were among the sponsors of the summit.
OpenAI和Anthropic是峰会赞助商之一。
More than ten other companies with pending business with the US government also sponsored it.
另有十多家在美国政府有未决业务的公司也参与赞助。
Sponsors paid fees of up to 300,000 dollars.
赞助商支付了最高30万美元的费用。
Many also got the chance to speak in panel discussions.
许多人还获得了在小组讨论中发言的机会。
Vaccine researcher Dr. Robert Malone called this "a classic case of pay-to-play."
疫苗研究员罗伯特·马龙博士称这是“典型的付费参与”。
He criticized big companies for replacing the grassroots activists who first started the movement.
他批评大公司正在取代最初推动该运动的草根活动人士。
The summit was organized by MAHA Center Inc. This group is run by Kennedy's allies.
峰会由肯尼迪盟友运营的MAHA Center Inc.组织。
Publisher Tony Lyons runs this group and related ones. He said they are trying to build the biggest movement possible. They want to really get things done.
运营该机构及相关团体的出版商托尼·莱昂斯回应说,他们正努力建立尽可能大的运动,以真正把事情做成。
Kennedy's alliance with Silicon Valley fits the overall direction of the Trump administration.
肯尼迪与硅谷的结盟与特朗普政府的整体方向一致。
Trump resists stronger AI regulation. He has announced that the AI industry should regulate itself.
特朗普抵制加强人工智能监管,并宣布让AI行业自我监管。
Glenn Cohen is a bioethics expert at Harvard Law School. He said the comments from Kennedy and others show a "techno-utopian" view of AI's possible benefits.
哈佛法学院生物伦理专家格伦·科恩说,肯尼迪等人的言论反映了对人工智能潜在益处的“技术乌托邦式”看法。
He pointed out that over the past year, Kennedy mainly tried to limit the food industry's practices.
他指出,肯尼迪过去一年主要试图遏制食品行业的做法。
He was surprised that Kennedy did not see the risk. Market incentives may go against the public interest.
他惊讶于肯尼迪没有看到市场激励可能与公共利益背离的风险。
At the same time, MAHA groups like "Moms for America" are organizing activities against AI interests.
与此同时,“美国妈妈们”等MAHA组织正在组织反对人工智能利益的活动。
AI experts do not deny that this technology will change medical decisions.
人工智能专家并不否认这项技术将改变医疗决策。
Dr. Robert Wachter of UC San Francisco says Kennedy is right. He says AI will give patients more insight into their own health.
加州大学旧金山分校的罗伯特·瓦赫特博士说,肯尼迪说人工智能会让患者对自己的健康有更多洞察,这一点是对的。
But he says the use of AI may further support the advice of medical professionals.
但他表示,人工智能的采用可能进一步支持医学专业人员的建议。
This may not be the anti-mainstream view that Kennedy often favors.
这可能不是肯尼迪常青睐的反主流观点。
Experts still disagree about how soon AI can take over doctors' decisions.
专家们对人工智能多久能接管医生决策仍有分歧。