We have no chance of competing against machines on frequent high-volume tasks, but there are things we can do that machines cannot.

在频繁的大批量任务上，我们没有机会与机器竞争。但有些事情我们可以做，而机器做不到。

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A new plant will spring up wherever a seed falls on a suitable soil surface, but because they do not build big bodies, they cannot compete with other plants for space, water, or sunlight.

当种子落在合适的土壤表面时，一株新的植物就会在那里生长，但由于它们体型不大，它们无法与其他植物竞争空间、水分或阳光。

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We know they cannot win, but if they do win sometimes, it's even funnier.

我们知道他们不可能赢，但如果他们有时真的赢了，那就更有趣了。

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That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

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We cannot do anything about protons, they are buried in the nucleus, but we can add or subtract electrons.

我们不能改变质子，它们埋藏在原子核内，但是我们能够增加或减少电子。

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And just to give you a sense, if you do a cross-cut of this, you cannot show it from this angle, but it should really be sort of a dumbbell shape with the nodal plane in between the two nuclei.

告诉你们这些就是给你们点概念，假如你们把他横切切开，不能从角度上展示，但它还是会保留几分哑铃的形态,以及在两核之间的节面。

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