The Old and The Zestless IX (English & Chinese) “老”无生趣 9（双语）

然而，机器能否学会如何产生颠覆性的新想法，仍是一个值得讨论的问题。Plasmon’s film, about the last child in Italy, ends with adiscussion of children as a symbol of hope. 普拉斯蒙的影片讲述了意大利最后一个孩子的故事，影片最后讨论了儿童作为希望象征的问题。It directs viewers to a website that suggests policies to promote biggerfamilies. 影片引导观众访问一个网站，该网站提出了促进家庭人口增加的政策建议。The website,in turn, asks readers to sign a petition calling for action. Scarcely 8,000have done so.该网站还要求读者在一份呼吁采取行动的请愿书上签名。目前只有不到 8000 人签署了请愿书。 As the number of Italians continues to shrink, and especially thenumber of young ones, it is not just buyers of baby food who will be in shortsupply. 随着意大利人口数量的不断减少，尤其是年轻人口数量的减少，不仅是婴儿食品的购买者将面临短缺。Plasmonwill struggle to find creative talents to dream up clever advertisingcampaigns, much less devise new policies to reverse the baby bust.普拉斯蒙将很难找到有创意的人才来策划巧妙的广告活动，更不用说制定新政策来扭转婴儿食品短缺的局面了。