(Though it is a mark of success, companies desperately try to prevent the " genericide" of their brands.) In technology, most people " Google" rather than generically " search online" .

(虽然这是商业的标志，但公司都拼命防止品牌被“泛化”。)在科技领域，大多数人“谷歌”，而不是宽泛地说“在线搜索”。

The advantage that specialists do have is that they can compete much better with other species because they are highly adapted to their niche, whereas generalists are easily outcompeted.

特化种的优势在于，他们可以更好地与其他物种竞争，因为他们高适应自己的生态位，而泛化种则很容易被淘汰。

The consciousness of atoms and molecules can be likened to the subconscious as you now know it, in that it is generalized to a large degree, but energy-propelled.

原子和分子的意识，可以被类比为你现在所知道的潜意识，因为在很大程上它被泛化，但是由能量驱动。

It will enter into a state of generalized focus, determine an imminent threat, and begin saving people or evacuating.

这让机器人进入泛化专注状态，测定迫近威胁并开始救人或撤离。

" Learning from less variable input is often fast, but may fail to generalise to new stimuli."

“从较少变量的输入中习通常很快，但可能无法泛化为新的刺激。”

And this allows it to generalize.

这样 AI 就可以泛化。

So it had to have learned something general, but that it hasn't really fully yet learned that, Oh, I can sort of generalize this to adding arbitrary numbers of arbitrary lengths.

所以它得习一些通用的东西，但它还没有会，把它泛化到可以算出任意长的任意数字之和。

Humans are a generalist species because we eat almost anything.

人类是一个泛化种，因为我们几乎什么都吃。

Generalized Focus is broadly distributed attention.

泛化专注即宽广分散的注意力。

During this period of generalized focus, the Robo3000 has to prioritize the stimuli it detects in its environment and act accordingly.

在泛化关注阶段，机器人 3000 必须优先探测其周围环境的变数，并随之应变。

And so you can see that it's really learning the process, but it hasn't fully generalized, right?

你可以看出，它在习这个过程，但还没有泛化，对吧？

For example, generalists may be able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures or have a varied diet.

例如，泛化种可能能够忍受较大的温范围或具有多样化的饮食。

To summarize, generalists adapt easily and they tolerate environmental change, they survive in a wide range of environmental conditions, and they can utilize a large selection of resources and habitats, but they are easily outcompeted.

总之，泛化种很容易适应和忍受环境变化，他们在各种环境条件下生存，可以利用大量的资源和栖息地，但他们很容易被淘汰。

How does it decide how much time to spend in a state of directed focus producing boxes and how much time to spend in a state of generalized focus analyzing its environment?

它怎样才能决定，花多少时间在定向专注状态下生产箱子，又花多少时间在泛化专注状态下去分析环境情况呢？

Generalists cope better because they can adapt when the environment changes.

泛化种能够很好地应对，因为他们能适应环境的变化。

In a state of generalized focus, our AI will do things such as analyzing if any one needs serious help, if there are any imminent threats, and communicate with the Robo5000 to see if an update is worth getting.

在泛化专注下，我们的人工智能会进行诸如分析是否有人迫切需要帮忙，是否有迫在眉睫的危险情况，以及与机器人 5000 通信看是否值得进行更新。

The opposite state will be called generalized focus.

与之相反的状态叫做泛化专注。

Because specialists are adapted to more specific conditions than generalists, they do not cope well with environmental change, and they are more likely to go extinct.

因为特化种比泛化种更能适应特定的环境，所以他们不能很好地应对环境变化，更有可能灭绝。

Here's an example of an operating system: for every 30 seconds the Robo3000 spends in a state of directed focus, it must spend 5 seconds in a state of generalized focus.

机器人 3000 每进行 30 秒定向专注，就必须花 5 秒进行泛化关注。

Generalists are the species that can live in a wide range of environmental conditions and utilize a wide range of resources.

泛化种是指能够在各种环境条件下生存并利用各种资源的物种。