Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 9 TECHNOLOGY EVERYWHERE Lesson 4Online version Reading comprehension by Martha Uribe 1 What evidence do they use to justify their enthusiasm? 2 What does Melissa want to know? 3 What is the position of more optimistic experts? 4 What is the author’s answer? 5 According to scientists, how likely is it for robots to suddenly become conscious? 6 What is the question that experts are divided on? 7 What is the position of skeptical experts? whether they could create a conscious machine on purpose that since we don’t understand how our own brains achieve consciousness, we can’t replicate the process that some AI robots have already achieved some level of self-awareness the fact that in one experiment an AI robot recognized itself and distinguished itself from other robots that it is highly unlikely whether AI robots could really become conscious as likely as a monkey accidentally building a robot by shaking a box of parts 1 What did Stephen Hawking famously say about AI? 2 What is the author’s answer? 3 What is Albert’s question? 4 What are the Asilomar AI Principles? 5 What does one of the items on the list say? 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 Who first used the term and when? 3 What is Liu’s question? 4 What happens when we see something that seems human but has unfamiliar features? 5 What does Mori’s graph mean? The author says that we find robots like Sophia creepy because of their humanoid appearance. Our brains signal that something is wrong with It means that the more human a robot looks. But it is almost completely human, our feelings of familiarity suddenly drop. She wants to know why she finds some robots, like Sophia, creepy, but not others. a Japanese roboticist named Masahiro Mori, in the 1970s 1 How did humans respond to images of robot hands “feeling” pain in one study? 2 What is Ray’s question? 3 How does the author define a romantic relationship? 4 Could robots ever develop romantic feelings toward humans? 5 What does the author tell him? with empathy probably not It’s possible for humans to feel an emotional attachment to a robot, or maybe even love. 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 1 What does Sam want to know? 2 How quickly is the technology to make real robot housekeepers advancing? 3 How long do some scientists think it will take for these robots to become common? 4 What do we already have in our homes? rapidly only another 10 to 20 years 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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