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