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