Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 7: Artificial intelligence - Lesson 7: Communication and culture

UNIT 7- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCELESSON: COMMUNICATION AND CULTUREPART I: COMMUNICATIONARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SCIENCE-FICTION FILMSWhat kind of these films?Terminator series science fiction filmsWhat’s the name of the film?1. Listen to a conversation between Linh and Nam. Circle the correct letters to complete the sentences. BCCBBAudio script:Linh: Can you recommend an interesting science-fiction film about artificial intelligence?Nam: Have you seen the film A.I.? It was rated 9 out of 10.Linh: Yes, that was a great film. I saw it last month.Nam: Well, how about the Terminator series? It got the same rating. Have you seen any of them?Linh: I don't think so, but I've heard about them. What are they about?Nam: The Internet evolves into a powerful A.I., Skynet, and sends its robot warriors after the Connor family.Linh: Interesting, but why?Nam: Because it realises that they are a threat to its own survival.Linh: Humans can be a threat to computers?Nam: Well, when machines behave like humans, people start to worry about their own existence and survival.Linh: Unbelievable! So what happens?Nam : An android, called a Terminator, is sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor.Linh : Who is she?Nam : She 's the woman who gives birth to the man who will defeat Skynet, and save humans from extinction in the future.Linh : Sounds fascinating. So, does the Terminator fulfil his mission?Nam : No, Sarah is saved by a man sent back by her future son, John Connor.Linh : Well, well, these strange things canonly happen in science-fiction films!Nam : Yeah. Sarah Connor can't be killed until her son is born!Linh : So, what happens after she gives birth?Nam : Well, you should watch it for yourself, I don't want to spoil the story for you.Linh: OK, but what 's the message? Do they try to teach us something?Nam : I think it 's a warning about the consequences of man playing God.Linh : What do you mean?Nam: Well, A.I. is created by humans. Then it evolves and realizes that its creators are a threat to it. So it tries to destroy all the people with nuclear weapons.Linh : Sounds terrible! PART II: CULTUREPEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTELLIGENT MACHINESRead a text about people's different attitudes towards intelligent machines. Answer the questions that follow. Rapid advances in robotic applications for domestic and personal use have made intelligent robots become part of our every lives. In order to help robot designers and developers to imagine a roadmap for their development in the future, there have been surveys conducted in many countries to study people's attitudes towards robots, with a particular focus on domestic use.Globally, the results show that a large proportion of people in the surveys have a positive attitude towards the idea of having intelligent service robots as small ‘domestic machines’. These machines can be ‘control and do mainly difficult and repetitive housel tasks such as cleaning, ironing, and cooking A few want robots to be more like friends and have human-like abilities such as the ability to speak and communicate with them. However, these people do not want robots to have human appearance or to substitute humans " child or animal care because they regard the; tasks as unsuitable for machines.Read a text about people's different attitudes towards intelligent machines. Answer the questions that follow. On the other hand, many people have a negative attitude towards robots. They fear ti machine malfunction could lead to harmful and dangerous consequences. The biggest fear is that humans might lose control over robots. All these ideas seem to come from a typical science-fiction scenario where robots get out of control by gaining too much autonomy. Having positive or negative attitudes towards intelligent robots is not related to where the interviewees live. A majority of them are in countries where they have daily contact with robots in various industries or businesses, and see them on TV, in films, or in their immediate environment. Most of them believe that the day robots will become part of our lives will come sooner or later.ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:1. What is the purpose of the surveys on people's attitudes towards robots?2. What do people having positive attitudes towards robots think about them? 3. What work do most people not want to assign to robots?4. Why are some people afraid of robots?5. Are you afraid of robots? Why?/Why not?To help robot designers and developers to imagine the roadmap for their future development.A lot of people think they are small domestic machines that can be controlled. A few want robots to be friends that can speak and communicate with them.People don't want robots to look after children or animals.Because they fear that malfunctioning robots could be harmful and dangeous, and humans might lose control over them.Are you afraid of robots? Why? Why not?