自然人、机器人、数字人“三人”共生时代的语言生活

Language Life in the Era of“Natural Human-Robot-Digital Human Symbiosis”

地球似乎正在加速进入一个自然人、机器人、数字人“三人”共生的新时代。总体上呈现出数字化、智能化、自动化的新形态和新特征,相应地,语言生活也正发生着广泛而深刻的变化。在语言运用方面,产生了“自然人-数字人”“数字人-数字人”“机器人-数字人”“自然人-机器人-数字人”这4种新形态;在语言学习方面,“三人”各自的语言学习与机器人和数字人助力自然人学习遥相呼应;在语言研究方面,新数据、新方法、新思想星火萌发,语言资源学、数字语言学等新兴交叉方向似乎正在加速成形。未来的语言研究,需要把握时代发展趋势,依托整体性视角和系统性思维,为国家和社会发展提供更多更好的助力。

The world today appears to be in an expedited transition into a new era characterized by the amalgamation of natural human,robots and digital human.The era of a“natural human-robot-digital human symbiosis”has produced a plethora of previously unseen new phenomena,forms,and trends.In this context,language life is also undergoing extensive and profound changes.In terms of language use,four new forms of interactions have emerged:An interaction between natural human and digital human,that between digital humans,that between robots and digital human,and that among natural human,robots,and digital human.The landscape of language learning may encompass natural human language learning,robotic language learning,and digital human language learning alongside robot-assisted human language learning.In the field of language research,the surge of new data,methods,and ideas contributes to the rapid development of novel cross-cutting areas,such as language resource science and digital linguistics.Future language research needs to apprehend the development trends of the times and adopt a holistic perspective and systematic thinking to provide better assistance for societal advancement.