Write an essay in response to the passage below. You should discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the passage and explain your reasons for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the author’s opinion might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. You should provide your own title and write about 800 words.

   选手破题思路

     今年议论文的赛题为：拥有人工智能加持的人类是否变得更加懒惰愚钝了？材料描绘了人工智能时代下现代人的典型图鉴——普遍依赖科技产品，动手能力减弱。我斟酌后认为这种现象的出现是科技发展的必然结果，源于人类智慧的探索与自己的选择，并非技能的退化。同时，因为每个论题都不止一面，为了使观点更加充实，我选择了驳斥论证的方法。

     在写作过程中我注重论点之间的逻辑衔接，选择从材料本身提供的线索出发。从现象本身来看，科技“入侵”工作领域是为了人力资源的更有效分配；在此基础上，科技的发展又极大促进了人类未知潜能的开发；最后针对现代人基础技能确实有所缺乏的事实予以让步，再发掘其深层原因——科技为我们提供了更多选择，我们并非丢失了这些技能，而是暂时委托人工智能代行。例证的使用结合当下热点新闻，如提及科技巨头微软转向开发人工智能、扎克伯格提出“元宇宙”概念、苹果开发人工智能产业链、肯尼亚马拉松运动员首次跑入2小时以及超级计算机的发展等话题。

     因赛场时间有限，我的作文也有很多不足之处，如少量拼写错误、句式结构变换较少等，以后还需加以改进。

作品欣赏

Losing or Gaining, That is a Question

"The Technological Revolution", as we put it, is the new era we human being is being involved in. It is featured with enormous information flow, instantaneous emergence of new intentions and seemingly edged-out workforce. Compared with our ancestors who explored the world with bare hands, it seems that we have become "lazier" nowadays. Indeed, artificial intelligence has taken over some of our workplaces now. However, from my perspective, human beings have not become less intelligent since it is us who let technology liberate us from doing the tedious work and also us who are capable of taking it back.

The heating wave of "technology intrusion" into the workforce is actually allocation of human resources. Labor work has developed as long as the history has gone, whereas if we take a closer look, we can see the general trend has always been "liberating human beings". For instance, the transportation of human beings basically has gone through three stages—by foot, by animals and then by wheels or even wings. And so is the underlying rationale of the artificial intelligence. The "intelligence" contained therein are different from that of human beings, the former of which derived from and is created to serve the latter. Being the creatures evolved with the highest intelligence in the world, we bear the responsibility to facilitate the earth achieve sustainable development, which requires us to allocate human resources effectively. There are loads of work that cannot be done by machines. For example, language has become less and less a barrier for people all over the world thanks to the powerful translation apps. However, in important meetings, the instantaneous interpreters are all human beings with no exception. It is because the apps cannot achieve the same precision and delicacy as people do and thereby cannot deliver the exact intent of the speakers. As such, human beings are irreplaceable. The discrepancy we see in people's seemingly lack of skills is essentially reallocation of mind resources.

Next, technology is designed to further human beings' potential. Our history is the history of grappling with limited capability and exploration of infinite potential. And that is also the silver lining of technology. In 2019, an African athlete succeeded in breaking the record of 2 hours in Male Marathon, becoming the quickest ever marathoner. This is incredibly exciting because two hours has long been considered as a human extreme and he made it. Excited and beyond words, we have to look behind the winning scenes—this record was achieved by both human and technology. To prepare for this competition, a sportswear giant had prepared a pair of special shoes for him, being designed with the latest technology, perfectly fit for his foot, boosting his bouncing energy and sharing the pressure when he stepped down. Meanwhile, a team of athletes "escorted" him all the way, with one running in front to break winds and several running around his side. This is not the only case. Currently, China has stood out in the field of supercomputer. Its computing capability is something that human minds can never reach, which greatly facilitates our exploration in aerospace and in many other fields. Therefore, it can be reasonably inferred that with the aid of technology, we human beings get to overcome our shortages and achieve one another "impossibility".

Admittedly, it appears that people nowadays are less sophisticated in basic skills, but being less intelligent? That is not the case. The reason why human beings were great at these skills in the old days is that they had no choice, whereas the point of their hardworking is to develop the "replacements" so that they can focus on more demanding and important works. Right now, it is unnecessary for you and I to expel energy on works that machines can do, but whenever we want to remaster these skills, we can. Times has changed. Everyday we are unearthing an idiosyncratic mix of new exploration. Mark Zuckerburg is creating a "Metaverse", a futuristic world where people can live their life without physically movement or contact. Microsoft is gradually cutting off its traditional developing chain to turn to artificial intelligence. And Apple Inc, another tech giant, is also endeavoring to catch up with the "intelligent" pace by setting foot in virtual reality design. Just like our ancestors living thousands of years ago could not fantasize about computer now, we cannot tell what our world is directing with advanced artificial intelligence. But the one thing for sure is that it is going to be great. All we need is a bit of self-control, a bit of reflection and a dose of clarity.

In all, technology is not encompassing but rather, one-sided, yet that is exactly why it has so far served perfectly well in their intended place set by human beings. It is also an evincing fact that with the aid of technology, we have more freedom, more capability and more advantages. Looking back, human have gone through three revolutions, and now we are experiencing a brand new one. Hence, let us recapture our inborn courage to embrace the advancing technology. Losing or gaining, just go and see.

（为真实展示选手赛场上的写作风貌，文章为从iTEST 智能测评云平台中摘出的原生作品，仅供学习分享使用。）