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진정되나 싶더니

 

이태원발 지역감염

확산으로 

뒤숭숭한 분위기입니다. 

 

여러분 모두

건강 잘 챙기셨으면 합니다.

 

정치도 경제도

하루도 시끄럽지 않은 날이 없네요.

 

사람이 하는일에는 

항상 이렇게 

부딪히고, 싸우고,

니것 내것 따지며

자기몫만 챙기려고 하고

 

개인간이든  국가간이든

요즘 뉴스를 보고 있으면

답답한 마음입니다.

 

차라리 

빠르게 과학기술이 발달해서

AI 인공지능이

정치든, 법조계든

경제계에서든

오류로 가득한 인간의 판단을 대체하고

기본 소득 지급이 일반화되는...

그런 세상이 온다면 

 

적어도 

기본적인 

먹고 사는 문제에 대해서만은

서로 싸우지 않은

일상이 오지 않을까...

 

개인적으로 공상(空想) 

한번 해보았습니다. 

 

오늘도 행복한 하루 되세요.

 

 

▶Science & Tech

 

"Sogou", an innovator in search and a leader in China's internet industry, jointly launched the world's first 3D AI News Anchor with Xinhua News Agency, a national news agency in China. 

The 3D AI News Anchor features the latest generation of the Sogou AI Vocational Avatar technology, which employs 3D modeling and cutting-edge AI technologies to create true-to-life avatars of human beings. 

The breakthrough demonstrates comprehensive improvements in movement and flexibility, interaction capability, and applications, which will further drive innovation in the news industry.

 

>> feature : 특별히 포함하다.  특징으로 하다

>> vocational : 직업과 관련된

>> cutting-edge : 최첨단

>> true to : ~에 충실한

>> breakthrough : 돌파구

>> comprehensive : 포괄적인

 

 

▶WNR: News Focus 1 

 

As the planet battles the spread of the coronavirus, Antarctica remains the only COVID-19-free continent — thanks in the main to strict security and a little luck. 

Antarctica caught a break when the start of the crisis coincided with the end of the tourist season, which brings around 50,000 visitors a year on cruise ships. 

The continent also dodged a bullet when an Australian tour ship was forced to turn back when the first cases of COVID-19 were discovered aboard, an outbreak which eventually affected nearly all 217 passengers and crew.

 

>>dodge a bullet : 문제를 피하다

>>aboard : 승선한

>>coincide with : 동시에 일어나다

 

 

▶WNR: News Focus 2  (20.05.19)

 

Former US President Barack Obama has attacked the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Speaking during an online commencement address to graduates of historically black colleges and universities, Obama came down heavily on his successor. ''More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,'' he said. 

 

>>commencement : 개시

>>more than anything : 무엇보다도

>>pretend to  : ~인체 하다.