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Unit 4 A glimpse of the future
Artificial Intelligence:
A REAL THREAT
What can AI be used for
AI
entertainment
medicine
transportation
security
education
tourism
finance & economy
…
AI in life
Now watch a filmlet about future AI. How do you like it
Read the facts about AI and answer the questions.
1. What can you learn from the timeline
From the timeline, we can learn that AI technology has developed greatly, and can now outperform humans in some aspects.
2. Are you concerned about developments in AI Why or why not
3. How do you think AI will develop in the
future
Read the whole passage to get people’s thoughts on AI
Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions. (3’)
The passage can be divided into________ parts.
Part 1 (para_____ to _____): ___________________________________________________
Part 2 (para_____ to _____): ___________________________________________________
Part 3 (para_____ to _____): ___________________________________________________
Millenniumbutterfly
We all need to learn to live with AI technology whether we like it or are concerned about it. We cannot stop the march of progress.
I admit that more advanced AI could be helpful in solving the world’s problems, but there is a high level of risk involved.
I can’t understand why some people worry so much. I hope more breakthroughs in AI will be made soon, so that we can enjoy more and more convenience.
Popkid
Pink_haze
Read the opinions and match them to the persons. Talk about the opinion you agree with.
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
AI can help us save time.
1. _____________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
including those too challenging for human experts.
AI can make driving safer.
AI can make doing day-to-day things a lot easier.
AI can solve problems
AI is a real achievement.
Careful reading
AI might wipe out human beings.
4. _________________________
5. _________________________ if it falls into
the wrong hands
AI is a real threat.
Jobs are at risk due to AI.
AI could be dangerous
Intensive reading
Paraphrase the following sentences in your own words.
It used to feel like 50 per cent of my time was spent researching new restaurants.
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2. Every recommendation she gives me is great since she can predict if I will like a particular restaurant.
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In the past, it seemed that I wasted too much time on finding new restaurants.
Because my super-smart personal assisitant can predict whether I would like a certain restaurant, I like all the suggestions she gives.
This sentence describes AI by using the rhetoric of personification.
3. Of course, it could be very useful to have a more advanced form of AI- a truly independent form of artificial intelligence, capable of exercising its own judgement, could help us solve many of the world’s problem.
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Of course, it could be very useful to have a more advanced form of AI. If an AI can deal with information and make decisions without human, it will help us solve many problems.
4. I believe most of the value of AI lies in its capacity to analyse and interpret vast amounts of data, which means it can even solve problems that are too challenging for human experts.
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5. But while super-intelligent AI could be the biggest leap forward in human history, if it goes wrong or falls into the wrong hands, it could also be the most dangerous.
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I think AI is valuable mainly because it can nalyse and interpret a lot of data. And this capability helps it solve many problems that are too difficult for human expert.
Though AI could be the biggest progress in human history, it could be the most dangerous thing if we use it in a wrong way.
1 What did Stephen Hawking mean when he said that AI will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”
2 Do you use AI in your daily life What other roles can AI
play in people’s lives
3 How does the diagram help you better understand the
passage
He meant that AI could bring us incredible benefits, but only if the technology is managed properly. If we do not manage the technology properly, it could result in human extinction.
Post reading
Put a limit to AI.
Build proper
attidudes toward AI.
Control the development
direction of AI.
Manage the creators
and producers.
Work in pairs and discuss the question: What do you think we should do to make AI a real achievement
Establish laws and regulations.

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