大学进阶英语综合教程（第二版）第4册 PPT课件Unit 6 Human-Robot Relations.pptx

;UnitGoals;ViewingListening;;nowisthatthechangesarecomingfasterthanever.Sowhetherornotyoufeelthe6)riseoftherobotsisagoodthingorabadthing,we’llallneedtofindawaytoadapt,aswe’vedone7)countlesstimesinthepast.

Onestrategymightbetotryandfullyunderstandwhythesechangesare8)happening.Alotofnewjobopportunitiesaregoingtobecreated,andwhiletheymaynotbequitethesameasyour9)currentjob,knowingmoreaboutthemcouldhelpyoulandonyourfeet.

Thesechangeswon’tbeeasy,butifyouprepareyourselfand10)approachthingsfromamoreinformedperspective,thejourneymightbeabitsmoother.;;Pairwork:InUnit5,Book3,wereadaboutAlphaGo,anAI-enabledcomputerprogramthatdefeatedsomeoftheworld’sbestGoplayers.Whichissmarter,thehumanbrainorthecomputermind?Watchthevideocliptofindoutwhatthespeakerthinks.Youmayagreeordisagreewithhim.Thenworkwithyourpartnerandcompletethefollowingsentences.Beforeyoustart,gettingtoknowthefollowingnewwordsmightbehelpful.;;1Thereisnomatchforthehumanbrainintheuniverse,andchangingthatistheultimategoalofartificialintelligence.

2Artificialintelligenceisnotaboutbuildinga

robotbutcreatingacomputermindthatcan

thinklikeahuman.

3SomesayAIwillsavehumanity.Otherssayit

coulddestroyus.Eitherway,ifandwhenit

happens,theworldwillbechangedforever.;;StephenHawking(1942–2018)

World-renownedEnglishtheoreticalphysicist,cosmologist.Hawkingwasthefirsttosetforthatheoryofcosmologyexplainedbyaunionofthegeneraltheoryofrelativityandquantummechanics.HisbookABriefHistoryofTime(1988)appearedontheBritishSundayTimesbest-sellerlistforarecord-breaking237weeks.Hawkingsufferedfromamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS)thathadgraduallyparalysedhimoverthedecades.Hecommunicatedus