These stories awaken our fears of being overtaken by others on the economic ladder. And now that our phones talk to us (Apple launched Siri, the artificial voice that answers your spoken questions, on its iPhones in 2010), they fuel dread that they can replace us, just as earlier waves of automation rendered much human capital obsolete.
这些故事唤醒了我们对于被经济阶梯上的其他人主宰的恐惧。现在，我们的手机能和我们对话（2010年，苹果为iPhone发布了一项叫做Siri的服务，这是一种人工声音，能回答你提出的问题），更加剧了它们可以取代我们的担忧，一如早先的自动化浪潮导致了大量人力资本的废置。