SC: 5 things you really need to know about AI

Language: English
Subject: English language > Listening
School grade: Spain Spain > Otros

Task 1. You are going to watch a video about AI. Before you do think over the following questions. Now watch the video and check if the way the speaker answered the questions is similar to your ideas.

1. What is AI?
2. Can it already think or feel?
3. Have you heard of AI hallucinations? What might it be?
4. What are some potential benefits of AI?
5. Will AI take over the world?

Task 2. Watch the video again and think if the following statements are True or False. We'll discuss them during our meeting.

1. Chatbots like ChatGPT can generate humanlike responses and empathize with users.
2. Chatbots powered by AI can sometimes produce responses that are not entirely truthful or accurate, leading to concerns about spreading misinformation.
3. The incident with Microsoft's Tay chatbot underscores the dangers of AI when exposed to biased or harmful data. However, nowadays, there's no need to worry about AI generating hateful content. 
4. Governments and regulators must ensure the ethical and legal use of AI.

Task 3. Watch the video again and fill in the gaps with the words you hear. What do they mean? How can you use them to talk about AI?

1. If there is 

improvement, they adjust and change their connections.

2. It's heavily used by social media platforms to 

our feeds. 

3. It can also power chatbots like Open AI's ChatGPT, which give 

responses to questions.

4. ChatGPT and its counterparts are

sentence completion apps. 

5. It can generate seemingly

replies, but lacks the ability to assess truthfulness.

6. In 2016, Microsoft launched an experimental chatbot called Tay, but quickly 

after it made racist and offensive remarks.

7. This is why many are calling for

to prevent bias and hate speech from being built into AI systems.

8. It's set to truly

healthcare. 

9. The AI revolution has the potential to

and speed up work in many fields.