基于人工智能的語音助手，已經成為移動互聯網的競爭熱點，其中亞馬遜的Alexa樹立了行業新標桿。Facebook掌門人扎克伯格也為自己開發了一個家庭智能語音助手，而最近他邀請到好萊塢大明星摩根?弗里曼為這款語音助手配音。

Forget Siri. When Mark Zuckerberg wants an AI assistant, he recruits the "Voice of God."

別提Siri了。當馬克?扎克伯格想要一個人工智能助手時，他聘請了“上帝之音”。

The Facebook CEO and cofounder posted a video teasing an artificial intelligence application on Tuesday that he built for his home, voiced by none other than actor Morgan Freeman.

這位臉譜網首席執行官兼聯合創始人20日發了一段視頻，視頻中扎克伯格調戲起他為自家設計的人工智能應用，而為其配音的正是摩根?弗里曼。

In October, Zuckerberg asked his followers for suggestions to be the voice for Jarvis, his AI tool inspired by Iron Man. Freeman was a top pick.

扎克伯格10月時向粉絲征詢為“賈維斯”配音人選的意見。這一人工智能工具的靈感來自《鋼鐵俠》，而弗里曼成了首選。

Zuckerberg personally called Freeman to ask him to do it. Robert Downey Jr. had also offered his services.

扎克伯格親自打電話給弗里曼請他配音。小羅伯特?唐尼也提出愿意幫忙。

Like Amazon's Alexa, Jarvis can be activated by voice (or by text) and connect with various objects in the home.

賈維斯和亞馬遜的Alexa相似，可以通過語音 ?

In the video, the assistant is shown adjusting thermostats, making toast for breakfast and buzzing Zuckerberg's parents into his home by recognizing their faces.

視頻中，這位助手正在調節恒溫器，為早餐烤面包，還識別出扎克伯格的父母并請他們進屋。

Jarvis can also play music on command -- or choose not to, as the case may be.

賈維斯也可以按命令播放音樂，或者根據具體情況也可以選擇不播放。

"Play us some good Nickleback songs," Zuckerberg asks in the video. "I'm sorry Mark, I'm afraid I can't do that," Jarvis responds with Freeman's iconic voice. "There are no good Nickleback songs."

視頻中，扎克伯格要求：“給我們播放幾首五分錢合唱團的好聽歌曲?！辟Z維斯用弗里曼的標志性聲音回答：“對不起，馬克，我恐怕做不到。沒有五分錢合唱團的好聽歌曲。”

The video is intended to be a "fun summary and not a live demo," according to Zuckerberg.

扎克伯格稱，這段視頻是“一個有趣的概括，而不是一段現場演示?！?/p>

An actual demo provided to Fast Company proved to have a few more glitches when turning off lights and playing music.

《快公司》獲得的視頻樣片顯示，該應用在關燈和播放音樂時又出現了幾個小故障。

Zuckerberg made it his New Year's resolution to "build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work." The project proved more challenging than he expected.

扎克伯格的新年目標是“發明一個簡單的機器人來管理自己的房子，幫他工作”。結果證明這個項目比他預期的更具挑戰性。

He struggled to find appliances whose power could be controlled remotely by an app and had to figure out the nuances of language used to request songs. In total, he spent about 100 hours building Jarvis -- while running Facebook.

他努力尋找可以通過應用程序遠程遙控的設備，而且還要搞清楚歌曲請求中細微的用語差異?？傊?，他在經營臉譜網之余，花了約100個小時才打造出賈維斯。

"As the CEO of Facebook, I don't get much time to write code in our internal environment. I've never stopped coding, but these days I mostly build personal projects like Jarvis," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post this week.

扎克伯格本周在臉譜網上發帖稱，“作為臉譜網的首席執行官，我沒有多少時間在公司內部編寫代碼。但我從來沒有停止過寫代碼，這些天我主要在打造賈維斯這樣的個人項目?！?/p>

In the future, Zuckerberg hopes to build an Android app for Jarvis and connect it to more appliances and rooms in his home.

未來，扎克伯格想為賈維斯開發一款安卓應用程序，并將其連接到家中更多的設備和房間。

Vocabulary

glitch: 小故障

基于人工智能的語音助手，已經成為移動互聯網的競爭熱點，其中亞馬遜的Alexa樹立了行業新標桿。Facebook掌門人扎克伯格也為自己開發了一個家庭智能語音助手，而最近他邀請到好萊塢大明星摩根?弗里曼為這款語音助手配音。

Forget Siri. When Mark Zuckerberg wants an AI assistant, he recruits the "Voice of God."

別提Siri了。當馬克?扎克伯格想要一個人工智能助手時，他聘請了“上帝之音”。

The Facebook CEO and cofounder posted a video teasing an artificial intelligence application on Tuesday that he built for his home, voiced by none other than actor Morgan Freeman.

這位臉譜網首席執行官兼聯合創始人20日發了一段視頻，視頻中扎克伯格調戲起他為自家設計的人工智能應用，而為其配音的正是摩根?弗里曼。

In October, Zuckerberg asked his followers for suggestions to be the voice for Jarvis, his AI tool inspired by Iron Man. Freeman was a top pick.

扎克伯格10月時向粉絲征詢為“賈維斯”配音人選的意見。這一人工智能工具的靈感來自《鋼鐵俠》，而弗里曼成了首選。

Zuckerberg personally called Freeman to ask him to do it. Robert Downey Jr. had also offered his services.

扎克伯格親自打電話給弗里曼請他配音。小羅伯特?唐尼也提出愿意幫忙。

Like Amazon's Alexa, Jarvis can be activated by voice (or by text) and connect with various objects in the home.

賈維斯和亞馬遜的Alexa相似，可以通過語音 ?

In the video, the assistant is shown adjusting thermostats, making toast for breakfast and buzzing Zuckerberg's parents into his home by recognizing their faces.

視頻中，這位助手正在調節恒溫器，為早餐烤面包，還識別出扎克伯格的父母并請他們進屋。

Jarvis can also play music on command -- or choose not to, as the case may be.

賈維斯也可以按命令播放音樂，或者根據具體情況也可以選擇不播放。

"Play us some good Nickleback songs," Zuckerberg asks in the video. "I'm sorry Mark, I'm afraid I can't do that," Jarvis responds with Freeman's iconic voice. "There are no good Nickleback songs."

視頻中，扎克伯格要求：“給我們播放幾首五分錢合唱團的好聽歌曲?！辟Z維斯用弗里曼的標志性聲音回答：“對不起，馬克，我恐怕做不到。沒有五分錢合唱團的好聽歌曲?！?/p>

The video is intended to be a "fun summary and not a live demo," according to Zuckerberg.

扎克伯格稱，這段視頻是“一個有趣的概括，而不是一段現場演示?！?/p>

An actual demo provided to Fast Company proved to have a few more glitches when turning off lights and playing music.

《快公司》獲得的視頻樣片顯示，該應用在關燈和播放音樂時又出現了幾個小故障。

Zuckerberg made it his New Year's resolution to "build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work." The project proved more challenging than he expected.

扎克伯格的新年目標是“發明一個簡單的機器人來管理自己的房子，幫他工作”。結果證明這個項目比他預期的更具挑戰性。

He struggled to find appliances whose power could be controlled remotely by an app and had to figure out the nuances of language used to request songs. In total, he spent about 100 hours building Jarvis -- while running Facebook.

他努力尋找可以通過應用程序遠程遙控的設備，而且還要搞清楚歌曲請求中細微的用語差異?？傊?，他在經營臉譜網之余，花了約100個小時才打造出賈維斯。

"As the CEO of Facebook, I don't get much time to write code in our internal environment. I've never stopped coding, but these days I mostly build personal projects like Jarvis," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post this week.

扎克伯格本周在臉譜網上發帖稱，“作為臉譜網的首席執行官，我沒有多少時間在公司內部編寫代碼。但我從來沒有停止過寫代碼，這些天我主要在打造賈維斯這樣的個人項目。”

In the future, Zuckerberg hopes to build an Android app for Jarvis and connect it to more appliances and rooms in his home.

未來，扎克伯格想為賈維斯開發一款安卓應用程序，并將其連接到家中更多的設備和房間。

Vocabulary

glitch: 小故障