Everybody is talking about AI. Let’s take a closer look.
Assignment 1
You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Write down 5 or more words related to computers.
| Word of the year: AI Each year, Collins’ Dictionary chooses a word of the year. They have now announced their word of 2023. |
Assignment 2
Find the words in the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning.
| 1. artificial | a. all by itself; without any help from other people or machines |
| 2. independent | b. difficult to deal with and full of problems |
| 3. to cheat | c. not natural, but made or produced by humans |
| 4. assignments | d. not planned |
| 5. to recommend | e. powerful people in the technology sector |
| 6. unintended | f. professors and other members of colleges and universities |
| 7. consequences | g. the result that they want to get |
| 8. tech leaders | h. to say that something is good and that you might like it |
| 9. academics | i. tasks or jobs that you must do |
| 10. the aim | j. things that happens as a result of something else |
| 11. problematic | k. to use unfair or forbidden tricks to succeed |
| 12. concerned | l. worried, troubled |
Assignment 3
a What is AI?
1 The artificial idea that computers will rule the world in future.
2 The power of a machine to act intelligently in a human way.
3 The software that computers need to function.
4 The two-day event in the UK where world leaders, tech leaders and academics meet.
b What can AI do? Choose all correct answers.
1 Come up with information really quickly.
2 Create pictures.
3 Everything people can do.
4 Help streaming apps know what films to recommend to you.
5 Make it possible for smart speakers to function.
6 Make risks less problematic for people.
7 Organize events for world leaders, tech leaders and academics.
8 Write stories.
c Why has everyone been talking about AI in 2023?
1 Because it is word of the year.
2 Because it plays an important role in the Ukraine war.
3 Because many students use it to cheat in tests or assignments
4 Because people are starting to see the risks of AI.
Assignment 4
a Try out the word of the year quiz.
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