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What is AI? Movies or series about AI. What is a robot? CO Sujets types bac. Robots helping humans. Sophia. Risks of AI. The Robot Challenge: Crash Course Kids #47.1. How Close Are We to Replacing Humans With Robots? How Machines Will Change Our Future? Robots - Listening - Interactive activities - Activities to print - Lesson plans - Webquests - Conversation questions - Stories - Comics - Cartoons - Literature - Songs. The dangers of trusting robots - Article + Photos - 12 August 2015 "As robots enter our home, they may steal secrets about your life that you don't want to share, argue two experts in robotics law and the philosophy of technology. " (BBC) Intelligent machines: Will we accept robot revolution? - 7 October 2015 "Would you share your home with a robot or work side by side with one? People are starting to do both, which has put the relationship we have with them under the spotlight and exposed both our love and fear of the machines that are increasingly becoming a crucial part of our lives.

" + Cute robots + Gender worries + Fictional robots (BBC) "Who is most at risk: the humans or the machines? " Relationships with Robots: Good or Bad for Humans? Will Robots Replace Human Drivers, Doctors and Other Workers? The impact of automation on U.S. jobs is open to debate. Robots have displaced millions of manufacturing workers, and automation is getting cheaper and more common, raising concerns it will eventually supplant far more workers in the services sector of the economy, which includes everything from truck driving to banking.

University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Ed Hess says we are just starting to see automation's impact. "It is going to be broad and it is going to be deep," he said, adding that "tens of millions" of jobs could be at risk. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared already.

While some politicians blame trade for the job losses, most economists say automation is mainly to blame as robots do routine factory tasks previously done by humans. Future of jobs Starting more than a century ago, advancing technology changed the United States from an agrarian to a manufacturing economy. Automation grows U.S. About — Chris Dancy. Chris Dancy is touted as “the Most Connected Man on Earth,” and the world is watching those connections carefully. For 25 years, Dancy has served in leadership within the technology and healthcare industries, specializing in the intersection of the two. Chris entered the public dialog concerning digital health as the media started to focus on wearable technology. He earned his moniker by utilizing up to 700 sensors, devices, applications, and services to track, analyze, and optimize his life--from his calorie intake to his spiritual well-being. This quantification enables him to see the connections of otherwise invisible data, resulting in dramatic upgrades to his health, productivity, and quality of life.

A noted keynote speaker and executive workshop retreat facilitator, Chris guides organizations and audiences on a journey--a disruptive, breathtaking journey--into the future of computing, when behavior becomes the ultimate interface. Chris Dancy. The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human? - Alex Gendler. Why Siri Can Take Over the World. 18 artificial intelligence researchers reveal the profound changes coming to our lives. Oli Scarff/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) has been changing our lives for decades, but never has AI felt more ubiquitous than now. It seems as though not a week passes without yet another AI system overcoming an unprecedented hurdle or outperforming humans. But how the future of AI will pan out for humans remains to be seen.

AI could either make all our dreams come true, or destroy society and the world as we know it. To get an a realistic handle on what that future might look like, Tech Insider spoke to 18 artificial intelligence researchers, roboticists, and computer scientists about the single most profound change artificial intelligence could bring. Scroll down to see their lightly edited responses. Pieter Abbeel says robots will keep us safer, especially from disasters. Japanese officials inspect the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.REUTERS/Kyodo It'll enable drastically reducing, maybe even bringing to zero, traffic accidents and deaths.

Ints Kalnins/Reuters. Artificial Intelligence - Breaking News English Lesson - ESL. 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Artificial Intelligence. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

Have a chat about the topics you liked. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. LISTENING - Guess the answers. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps A scientist said robots will be more intelligent than humans by 2029. Mr Kurzweil (7) ___________________ ago, people thought he was a little crazy for predicting computers would be as intelligent as humans. 1. Share your findings with your partners. 2. Share your questions with other classmates / groups. 3. 4. 5. Write five GOOD questions about Artificial Intelligence in the table. When you have finished, interview other students. Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1. Stephen Hawking - Breaking News English Lesson - ESL. 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about artificial intelligence. Change partners often and share your findings. 2.

CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life? Have a chat about the topics you liked. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. LISTENING - Guess the answers. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps Professor Stephen Hawking, (1) ___________________ most renowned scientists, has warned that robots and machines with artificial intelligence could one day mean (2) ___________________. Hawking said that AI has given many benefits to many people. 1. Share your findings with your partners. 2. Share your questions with other classmates / groups. 3. 4. 5.

Write five GOOD questions about artificial intelligence in the table. When you have finished, interview other students. STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1. 2. 3. Intelligent machines. ComprÉhension Newspaper article. . John Markoff. The New York Times. Informative. Building a new type of safe and reassuring robot which will collaborate with humans. Newspaper article. A new robot. a start-up company which produces robots. Text 1 Benign (“the sensation that Baxter conveys is not creepy, but benign”, l. 4) ; friendly-looking (“disarmingly friendly”, l. 5) ; imprecise (“relatively slow and imprecise in the way it moves”, l. 15-16) ; inexpensive (“The company is betting it can broaden the market for robots by selling an inexpensive machine”, l. 26-27) ; safe (“Rodney A.

Right: “in a brick factory that was once one of the first electrified manufacturing sites in New England” (l. 18-19). Notez bien : New England est une région composée de six États située à l’extrême nord-est des États-Unis. Wrong: “They will begin selling in October” (l. 23). Wrong: “it has an elaborate array of safety mechanisms and sensors to protect the human workers” (l. 16-17); “Rodney A. Text 2 Both texts .