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合肥市、巢湖市骨干教师，合肥市优秀教师；（请老师在此处放一张个人照片，不要选择自拍照。工作场景照最佳，生活照也好。）Answers1Answer1themoon,computers1.InthepopularsciencefictionTVseries,StarTrek,thepeopleinthefutureuseadevicecalleda“communicator”,whichlookssimilartothecellphonesoftoday.

Answers2Answers22.Yes,IagreewithJulesVerne’sstatement.

Lookingaroundtoday,manythingsthatpeopleinthepastbelievedcouldneverhappenhavebecomeapartofourdailylives.

Answers22.No,Idon’tagreewithJulesVerne’sstatementbecauseeventhoughhumansmayfeelcapableofachievingtheimpossible,therearesomedreamsthatarebeyondourcapabilities.

Answers23.Inthefuture,Ithinkourhandswillbeimplantedwithsensorstobecomescannersthemselves.Usingourhandsasscannerswouldmakeitmoreconvenienttoidentifyourselvesandpayforitems.Ourhandscouldevenbeusedtoexchangedigitalbusinesscardsoranyotherinformationthroughahandshake.Sophisticatedscannerswithsensorscreatedforprofessionals,suchasadoctor’shand,wouldmeanapatientcouldbediagnosedinaneasierway.Para.2AIisabranchofcomputersciencethataimstocreateintelligentmachinesimitatingthecomplexnetworksofhumanbrain.Para.3AIhasdevelopedoveralongtimeandhadsomemajorbreakthroughs.Para.4AIisbeingappliedinvariousfields,transformingthewaywelive.Para.6Para.5WeneedtomakesurethatwewillnotfallvictimtoAI.ThedevelopmentofAIhasalsocausedconcernsandfears.

ConcernApplicationOriginanddevelopmentConclusionConcept1.Whatisdeep-learningAIcapableofdoing?1.Bylearningfromtheresultsofitspreviousactions.2.WhateventswereconsideredasmajorbreakthroughsinAI?2.DeepBluebeattheworldchesschampionGarryKasparovein1997,andAlphaGodefeatedKeJie,arguablythebesthumanGoplayer,in2017.3.WhatareordinarypeopleusingAItodo?3.Togetinstanttranslationsoftextinforeignlanguages.4.Whatarewegettingclosertoaccordingtotheauthor?4.Wearegettingclosertothedividinglinebetweenhumansandmachines.1.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetoartificialintelligence?1.TheauthorisnotonlyexcitedbutalsocautiousaboutAI.2.Inlines44-46,StephenHawkingisquotedassaying,“Thedevelopmentoffullartificialintelligencecouldspelltheendofthehumanrace.”Doyouagreewithhim?Whyorwhynot?Idon’tagreewithStephenHawking.IthinkthatscientistsfullyunderstandtheconcernsaboutAI,andtheywillsurelybecarefulaboutdevelopingit.Evenifweareabletocreatetrueartificialintelligence,wewillknowhowtocontrolit.No.2.Inlines44-46,StephenHawkingisquotedassaying,“Thedevelopmentoffullartificialintelligencecouldspelltheendofthehumanrace.”Doyouagreewithhim?Whyorwhynot?

IagreewithStephenHawking.Withthedevelopmentoffullartificialintelligence,machinesmaybecomesointelligentthathumanbeingscouldnolongercontrolthem.Yes.3.Whatdoyouthinkintelligentmachineswillbecapableofdoinginthefuture?3.Intelligentmachineswillcertainlyhavealotofinfluenceonourlivesinthefuture.V.Homework1.Watchthemicrolesson:Structureofanexpositoryessay.2.Writeasummaryofthetext.AIiscreatedtodevelopintelligentmachines,whichcanimitatethecomplexworkofhumanbrain.Fortunatelyenough,withsomemajorbreakthroughsoveralongtime’sresearch,itisbeingappliedinvariousfieldsandistransformin