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164 SEMESTER CHECK Semester check 02 !! LESEN B1+ Ich kann in klar geschriebenen argumentativen Texten die wesentlichen Schlussfolgerungen erkennen. Read the two texts expressing different views on artificial intelligence. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–J) for each gap (1–7). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. READING 1 (0) Elon Musk is a South-African-born businessman who is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. SpaceX was the first private company to send a vehicle to the International Space Station with supplies. (1) Elon Musk has repeatedly said society needs to be more concerned about safety with the increased use of artificial intelligence. He says that AI is probably humanity’s “biggest existential threat.” His opinion is that “if you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be. AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation. I keep sounding the alarm bells, but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react.” (2) Musk continues, “AI is a risk in a way that car accidents, airplane crashes, faulty drugs or bad food were not – they were harmful to a set of individuals within society, of course, but they were not harmful to society as a whole.” He has said that artificial intelligence will cause massive job disruption, that robots “will be able to do everything better than us,” and that this will result in massive job losses. (3) The solution, says Musk, is regulation: “AI is a rare case where we need to be proactive about regulation instead of reactive.” He thinks that governments step in only after “a whole bunch of bad things happen,” and that this is too late. He is therefore calling on governments to start regulating AI now. Musk himself has invested in a range of AI companies in order to keep an eye on its development. (4) Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook. He launched the company while studying at Harvard University – and became one of the youngest billionaires in the world. (5) Mark Zuckerberg has criticised Elon Musk, his fellow Silicon Valley billionaire, and others who sound alarm bells over artificial intelligence posing a threat to our safety and well-being. “AI is going to make our lives better in the future, and doomsday scenarios are pretty irresponsible,” explains Zuckerberg. He disagrees with the spread of fear surrounding the potential of artificial intelligence. (6) “I have pretty strong opinions on this. I am optimistic,” he says enthusiastically. “I think you can build things and the world gets better. But with AI especially, I am really optimistic. In the next five to ten years, AI is going to deliver so many improvements in the quality of our lives,” he adds, pointing out that artificial intelligence is already helping diagnose diseases, for example. What’s your progress with the learning goals of this semester? Make a mark on the line that shows where you see yourself, then do the tasks. Don’t forget to check your answers with the key on p. 207 afterwards. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv