社交媒体已死？

你已经在听力室练习过听力了吗？

Have you practiced your listening with the Listing Room yet?

收听真实的BBC新闻报道并回答问题，以练习你的听力技能。

Listen to real BBC news reports and answer the questions to practice your listening skills.

从利昂内尔·梅西到大猩猩的友谊，你会发现许多有趣的内容。

From Lionel Messi to Gorilla Friendships, you'll find lots to interest you.

现在就访问我们网站的技能板块，bbclearningenglish.com，今天就开始提升你的听力吧。

Go to the skills section of our website now, bbclearningenglish.com, and improve your listening today.

六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

来自bbclearningenglish.com。

From bbclearningenglish.com.

你好。

Hello.

这里是BBC学习英语的六分钟英语。

This is six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

我是尼尔。

I'm Neil.

我是皮帕。

And I'm Pippa.

无论你对社交媒体持什么看法，它在不到一代人的时间里改变了互联网。

Whatever you think of social media, in less than a generation, it has changed the internet.

Facebook、Twitter，现在被称为X，以及早期的MySpace，曾经是发布消息给朋友或分享早餐照片的地方。

Facebook, Twitter, now known as X, and in the early days, Myspace, used to be places to post messages to friends or share photos of your breakfast.

但随着人工智能的兴起，与朋友互动的乐趣变成了某种更加奇怪的东西，正如BBC世界服务节目《全球故事》的主持人特里斯坦和阿斯玛所发现的那样。

But with the rise of AI, the fun of connecting with friends changed into something much stranger, as Tristan and Asma, presenters of BBC World Service programme, The Global Story, found out.

哦，这是什么？

Oh, what is this?

我觉得是

Think it's

一个 supposedly 看起来像耶稣的男人。

a man who's supposed to look like Jesus.

这是一个看起来像他狗的人。

It's a man who looks Who also looks like his dog.

他被AI处理过了。

He's been AI'd.

对吧？

Right?

肯定是被AI处理过了。

Has to be AI'd.

他抱着他的狗，脸长得也像他的狗。

He's holding his dog and his face looks like his dog.

所以他一半是耶稣，一半是狗。

So he's half Jesus, half dog.

一张由AI生成的半狗半耶稣的照片被发布到网上。

A half dog, half Jesus photo is generated by AI and posted online.

这展示了社交媒体中AI的使用已经发展到如此地步，以至于如今很难分辨哪些是人类创作的，哪些不是。

It's an example of how the use of AI in social media has evolved so much that today it's hard to know what's created by humans and what's not.

在本期节目中，我们将讨论人工智能时代社交媒体的变化，和往常一样，我们还会学习一些有用的新词汇和短语。

In this episode, we'll discuss how social media is changing in the age of AI And as usual, we'll learn some useful new words and phrases.

请记住，您可以在我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到所有词汇以及文字稿。

And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary along with the transcript on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

但首先，我有个问题要问你，皮帕。

But first, I have a question for you, Pippa.

你提到 Myspace 是早期的社交媒体平台之一，但第一条电子消息实际上早在 1844 年就通过手工在电报线上用一系列点和划发送了。

You mentioned Myspace as one of the earlier social media platforms, but the first electronic message was actually sent much earlier in 1844 using a series of dots and dashes tapped out by hand on a telegraph wire.

那么，这种新的通信方式叫什么？

So what was this new form of communication called?

是 a) 旗语，b) 拨号上网，还是 c) 摩斯电码？

Was it a) semaphore b) dial up or c) Morse code?

我认为是摩斯电码。

I think Morse code.

好的。

Okay.

我们稍后会揭晓答案。

We'll find out the answer later.

人工智能的引入使一些用户离开了社交媒体。

The introduction of AI has turned some users away from social media.

事实上，最近的一份报告发现，社交媒体的活跃度在2022年达到顶峰，此后一直呈下降趋势。

Indeed, a recent report found that social media activity peaked in 2022 and has been going down ever since.

千禧一代和数字原住民凯尔·查克是一位专注于社交媒体的作家。

Millennial and digital native, Kyle Chaker, is a writer specialising in social media.

他曾就这一问题接受特里斯坦·雷蒙德的采访，节目是BBC世界服务的《全球故事》。

He spoke about the problem to Tristan Redmond for BBC World Service programme, The Global Story.

好的。

Okay.

凯尔，你有没有一个时刻觉得社交媒体发生了变化？

Kyle, was there a moment for you when you felt like social media changed?

天啊。

Oh, man.

我的意思是，2015年、2016年左右，在美国，推特成为了选举讨论的中心。

I mean, in 2015, 2016, I think, in The United States, when Twitter became the hub of election discourse.

这打破了互联网只是一个可以去放松、表达自我、结识有趣朋友、讨论最新文化动态的空间的幻想。

It kind of shattered the illusion that the Internet was a space you could go to just, like, have fun and express yourself and find cool friends and discuss the latest cultural happenings.

凯尔使用了非正式表达‘哦，天哪’，这是一种表达兴奋或热情的感叹。

Kyle uses the informal expression, oh man, an exclamation showing excitement or enthusiasm.

他记得2016年推特上充斥着关于美国大选的激烈政治争论。

He remembers the Internet in 2016 when Twitter was full of angry political debate about the US elections.

对凯尔来说，这粉碎了互联网很有趣的幻想。

For Kyle, this shattered the illusion that the internet was fun.

如果你的幻想被粉碎了，这意味着你持有的某种错误信念被摧毁了，让你意识到一个不愉快的真相。

If something shatters your illusions, it destroys a false belief you hold, making you realise an unpleasant truth.

凯尔认为，在社交媒体变得更具攻击性之前，它曾是一个更友好的在线空间，人们可以交朋友、娱乐并讨论最新的文化动态。

Kyle thinks social media was friendlier before an online space to make friends, have fun and discuss the latest cultural happenings.

文化事件是指在特定历史时期体现某个群体价值观和兴趣的事件。

A cultural happening is an event that embodies the values and interests of a particular group at a particular time in history.

例如，热门电视剧《权力的游戏》是千禧一代在2010年代的文化事件。

For example, the hit television show Game of Thrones was a cultural happening for millennials in the 2010s.

那么社交媒体的未来会怎样？

So what's the future of social media?

人工智能生成的内容数量会继续增长吗？

Will the amount of AI generated content continue to grow?

以下是凯尔·谢克再次与BBC世界服务节目《全球故事》分享他的看法。

Here's Kyle Shaker again sharing his thoughts with BBC World Services, The Global Story.

我们看到大型社交媒体平台和科技巨头都在大力投入生成式内容。

We see the large social networks and the tech behemoths leaning in to generated content.

但我认为用户实际上并不想要这些。

And I think users don't actually want that.

我觉得这现在只是一种新奇事物，人们最终会远离它。

I think it's a novelty for now and people will drift away from it.

因此，我看到人们正转向更小的网络空间，更紧密地与个体声音建立联系，比如内容创作者，并且总体上发帖更少。

So instead, I see people gravitating towards smaller online spaces, connecting more closely with individual voices, like creator types, and just posting less in general.

凯尔认为，科技巨头——即那些庞大而强大的公司——将继续推动人工智能的发展。

Kyle thinks the tech behemoths, meaning large and powerful companies, will continue pushing AI.

然而，许多人希望获得更个人化、更有意义的内容。

However, many people want content which is more personal and meaningful.

他们认为人工智能是一种新奇事物，即新颖而不同寻常、因此令人兴奋的东西，但可能不会持久。

They think AI is a novelty something which is new and unusual and therefore exciting, but which probably won't last.

相反，凯尔认为人们会转向更小的在线社区。

Instead, Kyle thinks people will gravitate towards smaller online communities.

如果你被某事物吸引，意味着你自然而然地被它吸引或青睐。

If you gravitate towards something, you are naturally drawn or attracted to it.

社交媒体变化迅速，仍在不断演变。

Social media has changed fast and is still in motion.

它已经从1844年你提到的首批电子消息走过了很长一段路。

It's come a long way from the first electronic messages of 1844, which you mentioned in your question, Neil.

所以，我答对了吗？

So did I get the correct answer?

我问了这种新的交流形式是什么，你说是电报码，皮帕，这个答案是正确的。

I asked what this new form of communication was and you said that it was c, Morse code and that, Pippa, is the correct answer.

好的。

Okay.

让我们回顾一下我们学到的词汇，首先是感叹词‘哦天啊’，用来表达兴奋或热情。

Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned starting with the exclamation oh man used to show excitement or enthusiasm.

打破幻想意味着摧毁某人的错误观念，使其意识到一个不愉快的现实。

To shatter an illusion is to destroy someone's misconceptions causing them to realise an unpleasant reality.

文化事件是指在特定时期体现某个社会群体价值观和兴趣的事件。

A cultural happening is an event that embodies the values and interests of a particular social group at a particular time.

巨头是指规模极大且实力强大的公司或组织。

A behemoth is an extremely large and powerful company or organisation.

新奇事物是指新颖、不同寻常因而令人兴奋的事物。

A novelty is something which is new and unusual and therefore exciting.

最后，如果你被某事物吸引，你会自然而然地被它吸引。

And finally, if you gravitate towards something, you are naturally attracted to it.

再次提醒，我们的六分钟时间到了。

Once again, our six minutes are up.

但如果你仍在使用互联网，请访问我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com，那里有本集的练习题和测验。

But if you're still using the Internet, head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com, where you'll find a worksheets and quiz for this episode.

我们很快再见，但现在，再见了。

See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye.

再见。

Goodbye.

六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

来自 bbclearningenglish.com。

From bbclearningenglish.com.