Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature.

艾伦的贡献在于提出了一个我们都认同的假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以我们控制自己的思想——并揭示了这个假设的错误本质。

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We’re humans, not robots.

我们是人，不是机器。

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Humans, not robots, are responsible agents.

人类都是负责任的代理人，不是机器人。

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That cannot and will not happen anymore." As the president spoke, robots at the bottom of the Gulf tried to move a tube into the pipe that has pumped millions of liters of oil into the water.

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One possibility, of course, is, why not say that people are just robots as well and we get our commands from outside?

当然有一种说法是,为什么不说人类也是,也是由外部指令控制着的机器人呢

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We're not just robots with some sort of program in our brain that we're following.

我们不是,脑袋里被设定了某种程序只知服从的机器人

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Captcha - which asks users to type in words to prove they are not robots trying to cheat the system - is used on many sites.

BBC: Ticketmaster dumps 'hated' Captcha verification system

And many have come to believe their voters want them to be independent minded, not party robots.

BBC: When MPs must choose between conscience and party

And they could not use robots because many of the rooms were impassible.

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