Unit 4 A glimpse of the future understand ideas-高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit4AglimpseofthefutureArtificialIntelligence:AREALTHREAT?WhatcanAIbeusedfor?

AIentertainmentmedicinetransportationsecurityeducationtourism

finance&economy…AIinlife

NowwatchafilmletaboutfutureAI.Howdoyoulikeit?ReadthefactsaboutAIandanswerthequestions.1.Whatcanyoulearnfromthetimeline?Fromthetimeline,wecanlearnthatAItechnologyhasdevelopedgreatly,andcannowoutperformhumansinsomeaspects.2.AreyouconcernedaboutdevelopmentsinAI?Whyorwhynot?3.HowdoyouthinkAIwilldevelopinthefuture?Readthewholepassagetogetpeople’sthoughtsonAIFastreadingReadthepassagequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.(3’)Thepassagecanbedividedinto________parts.Part1(para_____to_____):

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___________________________________________________MillenniumbutterflyWeallneedtolearntolivewithAItechnologywhetherwelikeitorareconcernedaboutit.Wecannotstopthemarchofprogress.IadmitthatmoreadvancedAIcouldbehelpfulinsolvingtheworld’sproblems,butthereisahighlevelofriskinvolved.Ican’tunderstandwhysomepeopleworrysomuch.IhopemorebreakthroughsinAIwillbemadesoon,sothatwecanenjoymoreandmoreconvenience.PopkidPink_hazeReadtheopinionsandmatchthemtothepersons.Talkabouttheopinionyouagreewith.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.AIcanhelpussavetime.1._____________________________________________2._____________________________________________3._____________________________________________includingthosetoochallengingforhumanexperts.AIcanmakedrivingsafer.AIcanmakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.AIcansolveproblemsAIisarealachievement.CarefulreadingAImightwipeouthumanbeings.4._________________________5._________________________ifitfallsintothewronghandsAIisarealthreat.JobsareatriskduetoAI.AIcouldbedangerousIntensivereadingParaphrasethefollowingsentencesinyourownwords.Itusedtofeellike50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnewrestaurants.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2.EveryrecommendationshegivesmeisgreatsinceshecanpredictifIwilllikeaparticularrestaurant.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Inthepast,itseemedthatIwastedtoomuchtimeonfindingnewrestaurants.Becausemysuper-smartpersonalassisitantcanpredictwhetherIwouldlikeacertainrestaurant,Ilikeallthesuggestionsshegives.ThissentencedescribesAIbyusingtherhetoricofpersonification.3.Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI-atrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld’sproblem.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI.IfanAIcandealwithinformationandmakedecisionswithouthuman,itwillhelpussolvemanyproblems.4.IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata,whichmeansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingforhumanexperts.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5.Butwhilesuper-intelligentAIcouldbethebiggestleapforwardinhumanhistory,ifitgoeswrongorfallsintothewronghands,itcouldalsobethemostdangerous.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________IthinkAIisvaluablemainlybecauseitcannalyseandinterpretalotofdata.Andthiscapabilityhelpsitsolvemanyproblemsthataretoodifficultforhumanexpert.ThoughAIcouldbethebiggestprogressinhumanhistory,itcouldbethemostdangerousthingifweuseitinawrongway.1WhatdidStephenHawkingmeanwhenhesaidthatAIwillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthing,evertohappentohumanity”?2DoyouuseAIinyourdailylife?WhatotherrolescanAIplayinpeople’slives?3Howdoesthediagramhelpyoubetterunderstandthepassage?HemeantthatAIcouldbringusincrediblebenefits,butonlyifthetechnologyismanagedproperly.Ifwedonotmanagethetechnologyproperly,itcouldresultinhumanextinction.Postreadin