NOW YOU’RE TALKING: HUMAN CONVERSATION FROM THE NEANDERTHALS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE(OLD TITLE: SPEECH ODYSSEY: THE STORY OF VOCAL COMMUNICATION– FROM NEANDERTHALS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
Book ID/图书代码： 13000516B87889
English Summary/英文概要： In SPEECH ODYSSEY, Trevor Cox follows the journey of the simple phrase ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ from the mind of the speaker to the mind of the listener, revealing the hidden complexity of what on the surface seems a basic task. Through an illuminating tour of the forefront of speech and hearing research, he provides us with a deeper appreciation of something most of us probably take for granted: the ability to converse. This will give readers insight into the workings of their own bodies – for example, speech requires a precise coordination of over a hundred muscles, with the laryngeal muscles among the fastest in the body. Verbal communication is central to humanity, so this is a tour that takes in a dizzying array of realms including literature, philosophy, evolution, archaeology, psychology, neuroscience, physics, biology, linguistics and music. And it’s a story that must now also include computer science and artificial intelligence.
The invention of the phonograph marked a revolution in our relationship to sound. Before this point, hearing someone speak was an exclusively live experience: the listener had to be in the same place, at the same time, as the sound was being created. The phonograph allowed the voice to become disembodied and forever changed how humans relate to each other. It was suddenly possible to make judgements about someone from the tone of their voice, to feel enchanted or annoyed by an actor, politician or telephone salesman, without ever having met them face to face.
Today we are at the beginning of another revolution, with artificial intelligence poised to fundamentally change our conversations. For humans, speaking and listening are more than functional processes to pass on information. So far, our stilted conversations with technology such as Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana have been only about facts, but as computer scientists work to advance technologies that we can chat to, they edge ever closer to creating software that understands us and appears to come to life. If we develop machines that comprehend and portray emotions, then how will our relationship to these devices change?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《演讲旅程》一书中，作者Trevor Cox剖析了演讲者的心理与听众的心理，揭示了表面看似基本的任务其实隐藏着复杂的道理。通过针对演讲与聆听的研究，作者深入地审视了我们通常习以为常的能力——交谈的能力，从而为读者提供了独到的见解，帮助读者了解其身体是如何运作的——例如，演讲时，需要一百多块肌肉精准的协调运作。语言沟通时人类的核心，因此，这本书牵涉到文学、哲学、进化、考古学、心理学、语言学等方方面面，如今，它还必须包含计算机科学与人工智能等全新领域。
留声机的发明标志着人类与声音关系的一大革新。在这之前，听某个人讲话是一种现场的经历，听众和演讲者必须处于同一时间、同一空间。留声机使声音与人体脱离，并因而永久地改变了人类的相互关系。即便不与对方见面，也能听到对方的声音。
如今，我们面临着又一次革新，人工智能正在从根本上改变我们的对话方式。对于人类而言，说话和聆听不仅仅是传递信息。到目前为止，我们利用科技所进行的对话仅仅限于信息内容传输，但随着计算机科学的进一步发展，未来人类很有可能研发出能够理解我们感情的“活生生”的软件，如果我们研发出能够理解并且表达情感的机器，那么我们与这些机器之间的关系有奖发生何种变化？(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech" (Laura Freeman The Times)
"Illuminating… Cox knows how to make his subject sing" (Sebastian Shakespeare Daily Mail)
"A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech"
"Illuminating… Cox knows how to make his subject sing"
About the Author/作者介绍： Trevor Cox 是英国索尔福德大学听觉工程学的教授，也是听觉学会前任主席。他已在BBC频道发表了21部科学类纪录片。他曾著有《声波仙境》一书，该书先后在英国、美国、德国、意大利、中国大陆及台湾地区出版，取得了很好的反响。
Trevor Cox is professor of acoustic engineering at the University of Salford, UK, and a former president of the Institute of Acoustics. He has presented 21 science documentaries on BBC Radio 3, 4 and the World Service and written feature articles for New Scientist, Sound on Sound and The Guardian. He is the author of SONIC WONDERLAND, which was published by Bodley Head in the UK to wonderful reviews (enclosed), W.W. Norton in the US (as THE SOUND BOOK), Springer in Germany, Dedalo in Italy, New World Press in China and Marco Polo Press in Taiwan.
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