AI爱因斯坦谈论室温超导可能带来的问题。既是科技革命，也有潜在威胁。

感觉这俩的对话更像是每一个科学家的自我矛盾，一方面觉得新科技会带来新的变化，可能可以解决现有的问题，一方面又忧心忡忡地担心新科技会被滥用，产生更多社会问题。

这更像是一场内心的自我审判。

▍雅思｜英语口语素材｜科技发展的利与弊｜室温超导体

爱因斯坦 vs 昂内斯

▷背景：If room-temperture supercondctors are discovered....

昂：It will be such a great technological revolution, from energy transmission to transportation and medical diagnostics. They could usher in（引，领；招待 usher somebody into/to something） a new era, revolutionizing energy efficieny（能源效率） like never before.

爱：We've talk too much about its benefits. But why not condsider a different perspective: what negitive impacts might this revolutionary technology bring?

“The dose make the poison.” 万物皆可做毒（“剂量决定毒性”）

ROUND 1：引起社会问题

爱（会致社会不公）：Firstly, the issue of equality. If room-temperature superconductor are primarily adopted （v.采用）by wealthy nations or the affluent class, it could further exacerbate（v.使恶化；使加重） global and social inequalities.

昂（会让资源更容易获得）：On the contrary, it could lead to the democratization of energy（能源的民主化）:

By reducing transmission losses, room-temperature superconductor can make electricity cheaper and more accessible. For energy-scarce regions, this means opportunity for industrialization （工业化）and modernization（现代化）.

We can envison（v.想象；展望〔尤指美好的事〕 =envisage） electrification（n.通电;供电；电气化） and urbanization（城市化） in rural areas, thereby improving education and healthcare conditions.

爱：Your viewpoints are fulled with optimism. But I must remind you that the power of technology depends not only on its potential applications, but also people's values and intensions.

"Humanity created the age of technology, but technology did not create humanity's wisdom."

Round 2：科技滥用（战争方面）

爱（科技只掌握于少数人）：During the first industrial revolution, countries like England and France led industralization while many African and Asian countries remained agrarian（a.土地的；尤指耕地的；土地所有制的；农业的；农村的；农耕社会）, widening the gap with industrialized notions.

Technological control and distribution often concentrated in（v. （使）集中于；（使）汇集于 ） the hands of a few, shaping society through the form of technology.

昂（科技也会推动认知发展）（主动送人头）：I understand your concerns. But do you remember your theory of general relativity（广义相对论）? It open up a whole new perspective of physics. Initially some feared it could lead to dangerous applications, but it also propelled（v.推动；推进；驱动 ） scientific and societal progress.

Room-temperature superconductor are no different.

爱（知识的发展也被滥用于战争）：Oh,haven't you seen "Oppenheimer"？

（《奥本海默》是克里斯托弗·诺兰自编自导的二战题材传记电影，讲述了美国“原子弹之父”罗伯特·奥本海默主导制造出世界上第一颗原子弹的故事。2023年8月30日将在中国大陆上映。）

My mass-energy equivalence equation （质能方程）revealed the interconversion （n. 互变现象；互换现象）of matter and energy. This equation had profound implications in physics, but it also provided the theoretical basis for the development of atomic bombs（原子弹）.

When I realized my work was being used for such a destructive purpose, I feel deep pain and responsibility. That experience taught me something important: science is not merely a pursuit of knowledge and understanding, it is close and intertwined with（v.使）〔局势、观点等〕紧密相关） our moral and ethical values.

昂：Indeed, room-temperature superconductor allow current to flow without losses（允许电流无耗损地流动）, this charateristic could enable to construction of more powerful and efficient military equipment, significantly enhancing radar sensitivity, energy system efficiency and weapon platfrom responsiveness.

爱（嘲讽↑↑↑）："I don't know what weapons World war III will be fought with, but world War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

ROUND 3 科技滥用（社会方面）

昂（科技是发展的主要动力，不能因噎废食，人会学会限制自己）：I admit that technology is a double-edged sword, but we can't stop ecploring it just beacuse there are risks, can'we?

We can restrain ourselves. After all, technology has been the diving force of our progress so far.

爱（科技发展了，但人的道德水平却会停滞不前）：Of course, I am a scientist and I won't advocate （v.主张，拥护，鼓吹）for humanity to go back to living in caves. But for my perspective, there's a vast disparity（n.〔尤指不公正的〕不同，差异） between the rapid advancement of technology and the spiritual and moral development of humanity. 科技的快速发展与人类的精神和道德发展有巨大悬殊

Room-temperature superconductor could lead to energy becoming too cheap and easily accessible, ane we might lose our respect and appreciation for resources.

This imbalance could foster a culture of consumerism where people chasing immediate material satisfation and cosumerist lifestyle while neglecting our fundamental values, such as community, family, friendship and spiritual growth.

But let's not forget: "The value of a man resides in（~sth/sb 存在于；包括） what he is, and not in what he has."

ROUND 4 无疾而终的对话

昂：You also said:"I never think of the future, it comes soon enough."

Why not believe that just like the Meissner effect（迈斯纳效应）, some problems might be expelled（v. 逐出;驱逐） once we enter the superconducting state?

爱：Firstly, I don't think I'm overly concerned. Secondly, even if I were, it wouldn't matter.

Because "posting a problem is often more important than solving one."