Relier Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 9 TECHNOLOGY EVERYWHERE Lesson 4Version en ligne Reading comprehension par Martha Uribe 1 What does Melissa want to know? 2 According to scientists, how likely is it for robots to suddenly become conscious? 3 What evidence do they use to justify their enthusiasm? 4 What is the position of more optimistic experts? 5 What is the question that experts are divided on? 6 What is the author’s answer? 7 What is the position of skeptical experts? the fact that in one experiment an AI robot recognized itself and distinguished itself from other robots that it is highly unlikely as likely as a monkey accidentally building a robot by shaking a box of parts that some AI robots have already achieved some level of self-awareness whether AI robots could really become conscious that since we don’t understand how our own brains achieve consciousness, we can’t replicate the process whether they could create a conscious machine on purpose 1 What are the Asilomar AI Principles? 2 What is Albert’s question? 3 What does one of the items on the list say? 4 What did Stephen Hawking famously say about AI? 5 What is the author’s answer? that although it is technically possible, we just don’t know if it’s likely a list of concepts designed to keep AI safe for everyone that it could be the best or worst thing ever to happen to humanity whether AI programs will ever turn against humans that research funding should be used for AI security, not just AI development 1 What answer does the author give? 2 What is Liu’s question? 3 Who first used the term and when? 4 What does Mori’s graph mean? 5 What happens when we see something that seems human but has unfamiliar features? She wants to know why she finds some robots, like Sophia, creepy, but not others. The author says that we find robots like Sophia creepy because of their humanoid appearance. It means that the more human a robot looks. But it is almost completely human, our feelings of familiarity suddenly drop. Our brains signal that something is wrong with a Japanese roboticist named Masahiro Mori, in the 1970s 1 How did humans respond to images of robot hands “feeling” pain in one study? 2 What does the author tell him? 3 How does the author define a romantic relationship? 4 What is Ray’s question? 5 Could robots ever develop romantic feelings toward humans? with empathy probably not He wants to know whether it is possible for a human and a humanoid robot to have a romantic relationship. It’s possible for humans to feel an emotional attachment to a robot, or maybe even love. as a two-way interaction 1 How quickly is the technology to make real robot housekeepers advancing? 2 How long do some scientists think it will take for these robots to become common? 3 What do we already have in our homes? 4 What does Sam want to know? smart gadgets such as automatic vacuum cleaners and refrigerators that order food when he can have a humanoid butler in his house rapidly only another 10 to 20 years
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