Committee chairman Michael Gapes says mission goals have become less clear over the years.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

It's pretty clear that there are lots of machines that it doesn't seem natural to ascribe beliefs or desires or goals or reasoning to.

很显然对于很多种机器来说,讨论它们的信仰,欲望,目标或论证,是一件很不自然的事

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that while no one expects the world will achieve the goal of "zero nuclear weapons" anytime soon, the new treaty is a major step toward greater security with fewer nuclear weapons: "It is clear that we can accomplish goals with fewer nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26