b) In class, talk about the benefits and possible risks of artificial intelligence. Use the passages you have underlined, the phrases from the word bank and ideas from your poster (1b). c) Think about ways how AI will change your future workplace. Talk in pairs. AI: A personal wish list a) It is assumed that AI will change our lives forever. In your learning journal, write down three things which you would love to see AI doing in the future. b) Get together in small groups and read out your wish list. In your group, agree on the three most exciting things AI could do for you in the future. c) A group spokesperson reads out your wishes in class. d) Vote on the best suggestions for using AI in the future. 3 j “few-shot learning,” in which pretrained neural networks, such as large language models, can be trained to do something new given just a few examples. For example, he notes that some of these language models can string a series of logical statements together into an argument even though they were never trained to do so directly. Of course, brains still do many things better than computers: drive a car, learn to walk, imagine the future. And brains do it on a cup of coffee and a slice of toast. “When biological intelligence was evolving, it didn’t have access to a nuclear power station,” he says. Learning is just the first string of Hinton’s argument. The second is communicating. “If you or I learn something and want to transfer that knowledge to someone else, we can’t just send them a copy,” he says. “But I can have 10,000 neural networks, each having their own experiences, and any of them can share what they learn instantly. That’s a huge difference. It’s as if there were 10,000 of us, and as soon as one person learns something, all of us know it.” What does all this add up to? Hinton now thinks there are two types of intelligence in the world: animal brains and neural networks. “It’s a completely different form of intelligence,” he says. “A new and better form of intelligence.” That’s a huge claim. But AI is a polarised field: it would be easy to find people who would laugh in his face – and others who would nod in agreement. People are also divided on whether the consequences of this new form of intelligence, if it exists, would be beneficial or apocalyptic. “Whether you think superintelligence is going to be good or bad depends very much on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist,” he says. “If you ask people to estimate the risks of bad things happening, like what’s the chance of someone in your family getting really sick or being hit by a car, an optimist might say 5% and a pessimist might say it’s guaranteed to happen. But the mildly depressed person will say the odds are maybe around 40%, and they’re usually right.” Which is Hinton? “I’m mildly depressed,” he says. “Which is why I’m scared.” (Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, 2 May 2023; adapted and abridged) Word bank Describing advantages One major benefit of AI is … • Another positive aspect of AI is … • A good point about AI is … • An argument in favour of AI is … • The greatest advantage of AI is … Describing disadvantages One major drawback of AI is … • A negative effect of AI is … • Another downside of AI is … • The most frequent criticism of AI is … • An argument against AI is … • People might fear that … W 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 97 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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