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