Transcript artificial intelligence

高中基础(2259期20150526) | 1版
Artificial Intelligence Makes People Nervous
Pre-reading
• Have you watched the
new movie Avengers:
Age of Ultron? What is it
about? Do you like it?
• Do you think artificial
intelligence will do us
more good than harm or
more harm than good?
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Pre-reading
LOOK AND SPEAK
Artificial intelligence is entering our life. Do you
know what the following are?
robot dog
(as a companion or a toy)
Apple Siri
Google‘s
self-driving car
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Pre-reading
SCAN AND ANSWER
Scan the article and decide in which paragraph (1-6)
you can find the following information?
1. Different opinions on the
future of artificial intelligence
2. What is artificial intelligence?
3. Artificial intelligence may
make people jobless.
4. A new movie makes people
nervous about the future.
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While reading
Word bank:
The computer, Ultron,
is eventually
defeated, but the
movie is making
people nervous
about what the future
will be like when
machines become
programmed with
artificial
intelligence.
eventually adv. 终于，最终
defeat v. 击败，战胜
program v. 编写程序
* programmer n. 编程人员
artificial adj. 人工的，人造的
intelligence n. 智能，才智
* intelligent adj. 智能的
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While reading
Word bank:
Gray Scott, an American
philosopher … is
optimistic about artificially
intelligent machines …
However, Elon Musk, the
inventor of the Tesla electric
car, says these machines
are “potentially more
dangerous than nukes …”
philosopher n. 哲学家
optimistic adj. 乐观的
inventor n. 发明者
potentially adv. 潜在地
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While reading
Word bank:
… with artificially intelligent
machines, even highly
educated and highly skilled
workers may be out of
work. Scientists, doctors,
engineers and even
lawyers may find
themselves jobless.
be out of work 失业
jobless adj. 失业的
While reading
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Choose an appropriate word for each sentence and fill
in the blank with its proper form.
intelligence
electric
philosopher
potentially
inventor
response
potential
1. Many children do not achieve their ___________.
intelligent and well educated.
2. She seemed ___________
3. Professor Lawrence gave an interesting lecture on
philosophy
Eastern ___________.
responded positively to the plan.
4. Both sides have ___________
5. The computer is one of the most important
___________
inventions in human history.
electricity to charge up its batteries.
6. The car requires ___________
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While reading
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 遵照厂家的说明很重要。(follow, instructions)
It is important to follow the manufacturer’s
instructions.
2. 卡车在结了冰的路上失去了控制。(out of control)
The truck went out of control on the icy road.
3. 他考试不及格并不奇怪。他根本就没学习。(not …
at all)
It’s no wonder that he failed the exam. He
didn’t study at all.
4. 他们很快就适应了在大城市的生活。(adapt)
They soon adapted to life in the big city.
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While reading
COMPREHENSION
Choose the best answer.
1. According to the article, Ultron is ______.
A. a researcher
C. an inventor
B. a robot
√
D. a computer
2. The Luddites’ jobs had been replaced by ______.
A. computers
C. robots
√
B. machines
D. highly-educated workers
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While reading
COMPREHENSION
Choose the best answer.
3. With artificially intelligent machines, ______ will be
out of work in the future.
① people with little education and few skills
② highly-educated workers
③ Tesla employees
④ optimistic philosophers
⑤ scientists, doctors and engineers
⑥ Americans
√
A. ①③⑤ B. ②④⑥ C. ①②⑤ D. ③④⑥
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While reading
COMPREHENSION
Choose the best answer.
4. How many of the following statements might the
author agree with?
① People can live in harmony with artificially intelligent
machines.
② It will waste our time and energy to think of destroying
artificially intelligent machines.
③ Human beings are more intelligent than artificially
intelligent machines.
④ In general, artificially intelligent machines will do us more
harm than good even if we make efforts to bring them under
control.
A. One.
B. Two.
√
C. Three.
D. Four.
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While reading
COMPREHENSION
Answer the following question.
1. According to the article, what
can future new computers do?
They can think and create like the
human brain, and not just follow
the instructions of a human
programmer.
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While reading
Answer the following question.
2. Who are the Luddites? What
did they do?
Luddites are a group of textile
workers whose jobs had been
replaced by machines. They
wanted to destroy the machines
and get their jobs back.
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GRAMMAR TIP
Language study
..., we will have to use our “real” intelligence to make
sure a machine’s “artificial” intelligence doesn’t …
☞ When we say that it is necessary to do something, we use
“must” or “have to.”
“Have to” suggests that someone else or some outside
circumstances or authority makes something necessary. “Must”
suggests that the speaker himself/herself decides it is necessary.
“Must” has no other forms than the present tense. In past
tense sentences, we use “had to,” and in future tense sentences,
we use “will have to.”
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YOUR TURN
Language study
Fill in the blanks with “must” or “have to.” It is likely
that in some cases, both of them make sense.
1. North America doesn’t have a gaokao, but China does.
It’s a reality that students and parents, even “lion moms,”
have to
_________________
face.
2. While some say the show is calling for a “closer
relationship between animals and humans,” we
have to
_________________
ask if this is a sound message.
must
3. Translators _________________
be familiar with both the
language and the culture of the two languages they are
dealing with.
4. The new street signs in Hangzhou also raise another
Does
have to
question: _________________
everything _________________
be
translated?
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After reading
Question for further discussion:
The computers we use are not as intelligent as Ultron, but
they are already doing more and more for us. Talk about
what benefits and trouble computers have brought to you?
Hints:
Computers can bring us benefits. For example, the spelling
checker in Microsoft Word can help us check our spelling.
However, it doesn’t mean we can depend on computers for
everything. For example, the spelling checker won’t tell us that
phrases like “prime minster”
and “cheery blossoms” do not
make sense and are probably
misspelled.
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