外研版选择性必修三unit4以读促写understandingideasAtificialIntelligence

AglimpseofthefutureAI(ArtificialIntelligence):ARealThreat?Summarizethethree’sopinionsonAIbyskimming1graspthelanguagefeaturesbyscanning2thinklogicallyandexpressmyownideasonAI3LearningObjectivesIcan

Brainstorming1PartQ2Q1WhatareasisAIappliedto？Whatarethepeopledoing?andwhatdotheylooklike?AIinfuturelifeAIinlife

InthewordsofStephenHawking,artificialintelligencewillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthingevertohappentohumanity”

TechnologyofTomorrowForumwantstohearyourthoughtsonAI.

Isitourgreatesthumanachievementsofar?Orisitthebiggestthreattoourexistence?quoteinthewordsof

用...的话来说either...or...

或者...或者...(就？原则)Eitheryouorhe______(have)togo.happento(介词)...发生在...上happentodo碰巧做sofar到目前为止

（用于什么时态？）DoyouthinkAIarealthreat?fast-readingWeallneedtolearntolivewithAItechnologywhetherwelikeitorareconcernedaboutit.Wecannotstopthemarchofprogress.IadmitthatmoreadvancedAIcouldbehelpfulinsolvingtheworld’sproblems,butthereisahighlevelofriskinvolved.Ican’tunderstandwhysomepeopleworrysomuch.IhopemorebreakthroughsinAIwillbemadesoon,sothatwecanenjoymoreandmoreconvenience.Readtheopinionsandmatchthemtothepersons.Talkabouttheopinionyouagreewith.Activity4Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.

·Alcanhelpussavetime.·1______________________·2______________________

·3______________________,includingthosetoochallengingforHumanexperts.·Almightwipeouthumanbeings·4________________________·5________________________ifitfallsintothewronghands.AIcanmakedrivingsafer.AIcanmakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.AIcansolveproblems.JobsareatriskduetoAI.AIcouldbedangerous.INTENSIVEREADING01021.ThankstoAI,I'vegotmyownsuper-smartpersonalassistant

builtintomyphone.Shealways

hasanimmediateanswerforanyquestionIputtoher,andeven

usesmyanswerstolearnmoreaboutmypreferences.Iusedto

feellike50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnew

restaurants.Incontrast,myPAonlyneedsafewsecondstofind

therightplace.Everyrecommendationshegivesmeisgreat

sinceshecanpredictifIwilllikeaparticularrestaurant.Andspeakingof

hangingout,I'mhopingthatself-drivingcars

areavailablesoon.I'vebeentakingdrivinglessonsforovera

year,andstillhaven'tgotmylicence.Self-drivingcarscanlearn

todriveinthesamewaythatwedo,andcanmakejudgements

basedoninformation.Andastheywon'tbesusceptibleto

humanerror,they'llcertainlybealotsafer.Theonlythingis

thattheremightbeafewmachine-learningproblemswhenthe

firstcarshitthemarket,soperhapsI'dbetterlearntodrivefirst.Still,IdothinkthatdevelopmentsinAIwillonthewholemake

doingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.Millenniumbutterfly1.assistantn.助手2.preferencen.喜好preferv.偏爱

3.incontrast=bycontrast相比之下4.recommendationn.推荐，建议recommendv.5.hangout闲逛，出去玩6.availablea.可使用的，可获得的，有空的Readfordetails7.makejudgementsbasedoninformation根据信息做出评判

8.besusceptibleto易受…影响9.hitthemarket上市speaksofspeakuphitIthitmethatIhadachoice.Headmitstohavinghitthelowestpointinhislife.Thesongbecameamassivehitin1945.Oursmallcompanyhashad78,000hitsonitsInternetpages.Iftwopeople

hititoff,theylikeeachotherandbecomefriendlyassoonastheymeet.突然想到到达成功点击率一见如故3.Thetechnologyyou'reusingandenjoyingtodayisabasicform

ofAIwhichcan'tthinkindependentlywithoutprogramming.Of

course,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformof

AIatrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capable

ofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyof

theworld'sproblems,buthaveyoueverthoughtabouttherisks?

Afterall,whywouldanindependentformofAIneedto

considertheopinionsanddesiresofhumans?Wecouldbeseen

asa"small,"inconveniencethat’sinthewayofasolutiontoa

biggerproblem.Ifwewerelucky,AImightthinkwewerevaluable

enoughtokeeparound.Ifnot,itmightwipeusallout!4.Even

ifthatdoesn'thappen,thereareotherrisks.Millenniumbutterfly,yousayhowgreatit

wouldbetohave

self-drivingcars,butwhataboutallthetaxidriverswhowould

losetheirjobs?TheywouldjustbeamongthefirstvictimsofAI.Nearlyeveryjobispotentially

atrisk

in

thelongrun.Even

journalistsarenowbeingreplacedwithtechnologythatcan

writebasicnews

reports.Asitis,almost50percentofUSjobs

areatriskfromautomationinthenext20years.5.ThetruthisthatnoneofusispreparedforthechallengesofAI.Popkidbecapableof能够…afterall毕竟3.intheway挡路4.wipeout彻底摧毁5.evenif/though即使6.Victimn.受害者7.potentiallyad.潜在地

8.atrisk冒风险9.inthelongterm/run从长远来看10.automationn.自动化ofcapabilityonIninEvenifthatdoesn’thappen，thereareotherrisks.即使不发生那样的事，也会有其他风险。1evenif/though引导让步状语从句，意为“即使”“尽管”。经典句式(1)We’llstandbyyouevenif/thoughyoufail.即使你失败，我们也会支持你。(2)

,welostthegame.虽然我们已尽了最大的努力，但还是输了。(3)Evenif

(invite)，Iwon’tgotohisweddinganniversary.即使被邀请，我也不会去参加他的结婚周年纪念日。Eventhough/ifwealltriedourbest(Iam)invitedTIPS当主从句主语一致，或其主语是it，且从句中含有动词be时，可省略从句的主语和动词be。atdoingat6.Machinelearningissomethingwehavecometoacceptasapart

ofourmodernworld.IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinits

capacitytoanalyseandinterpret

vastamountsofdata,which

meansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingfor

humanexperts.7.Butwhilesuper-intelligentAIcouldbethebiggestleapforward

inhumanhistory,ifitgoeswrongorfallsintothewronghands,itcouldalsobethemostdangerous.However,AIisnotgoingto

goaway.Wehavenochoicebuttoembraceitandregulateit.

OnethingIthinkweallagreeon,though,isthatsaying"MyAI

didit

won'tbeanyexcuseforillegalorimmoralbehaviour!1.liein在于2.capacityn.能力，才能(容纳/吸收能力)3.analysev.分析n.analysis4.interpretv.诠释5.vastamountsofdata大量的数据6.leapn.跳跃；剧变v.跳7.gowrong出错8.illegala.违法的9.immoral不道德的10.agreeon关于…意见一致11.embracev.拥抱，欣然接受12.regulatev.控制；调节；管理

DidyoupayavisittotheLeaningTowerofPisawhileyouwereinItaly?Shelikestoliedownforawhileafterlunch.WhileIlikethatcomputerverymuch,Ican'taffordit.However，AIisnotgoingtogoaway.Wehavenochoicebuttoembraceitandregulateit.然而，人工智能不会消失，我们别无选择，只能欣然接受并加以规范。2※havenochoicebuttodo...除了做……别无选择，but前如果有实义动词do则but后的不定式往往省略to。※注意下列表达：donothingbutdo...除了……什么也不能做havenothingtodobutdo...除了……无事可做can’tbutdo...只好做……can’thelp/choosebutdo...不得不做……；只好做……(1)Ifamajorproblemarises，youhavenochoicebuttosolveit.如果出现大问题，你除了解决它别无选择。(2)Ican’thelp

whenIthinkofyou.我一想到你就忍不住笑。(3)Inthiscase，Ican’t

toyourfindings.在这种情况下我不得不同意你的研究结果。(4)Hehadnothingtodobut

(wait)here.除了在这儿等待外，他别无选择。返回butsmilebutagreewaitintelligenceintelligentautomationautomaticautomaticallyassistantassistassistanceanalyseanalysisanalystillegalil