There seemed no end to my inventivenss in finding ways to defeat or undermine myself, even perversely to act out destructive roles that I did not want to perform.

我翻新各种方法以求挫败和毁坏自己，仿佛无止无休，我甚至坚持扮演我并不愿意扮演的角色以毁灭自己。

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Even routine daily actions, such as brushing one's teeth, turning the pages of a newspaper or dressing a small child would easily defeat today's robots.

哪怕是些简单的日常动作，例如刷牙、翻报纸、给小孩子穿衣服都能难倒现在的机器人。

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Computers have long been able to defeat even the best human chess player, but are only recently matching some of the abilities of average human beings to recognize objects or speech.

即便是最好的人类棋手，计算机一直以来都能够击败。但在语音识别和对象识别这些认知领域，直到最近计算机才能够达到人类的平均水平。

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If other countries can use the American system to apply pressure on Members of Congress and the executive branch - and even further their agendas by helping elect or defeat candidates and incumbents - then is the United States not compelled to do the same around the world to promote its own interests?

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American policy-makers discovered once more that when America took the side of the imperial powers or acted itself as an imperial power, it courted disaster and even defeat.

NPR: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of U.S. Imperialism