We are just in a situation where there are no good theories explaining what consciousness actually is and how you could ever build a machine to get there.

我们所处的情况是，没有好的理论来解释意识究竟是什么，以及如何制造一台能到达意识层面的机器。

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That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).

也就是说，事实上唯一给我们家里打电话的人是我们婴儿潮世代的父母。所以我们会玩一个游戏，在拿起电话之前猜是谁在打电话（使用来电显示功能会让游戏失去乐趣）。

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Do you ever look at our changing technology and wonder where we are all going and what the world will be like when we get there?

Illustration您是否曾考虑过变化技术并对我们将走向哪里，以及世界将变成什么样子而产生疑惑？

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