Unit 7
SPEAKING
Talking about the risks of artificial intelligence
1. Discuss the questions.
It’s Professor Stephen Hawking. He is a world-renowned British theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology, general relativity and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes.
2. Complete the news item.
1. efforts
2. threat
3. technology
4. form
5. consequences
6. destruction
7. evolution
3. Complete the conversation.
1. Who interviewed him
2. the threat of creating thinking machines and the development of full artificial intelligence.
3. it can lead to the destruction of humanity
4. their slow biological evolution. Creating intelligence machines that could match or surpass humans could lead to the destruction of people
4. Prepare a talk about the risks of artificial intelligence.
-Hackers take control of A.I. devices and misuse them causing mass destruction and danger to the world.
-A.I. devices crash causing fatal accidents in industries and hospital medicine.