Transform the given sentences using the prompts in brackets.
1. People saw George Devol as an impractical inventor.
George Devol was seen to be an impractical inventor.
2. It was supposed that workers would perform monotonous tasks without losing concentration. (Workers were …)
3. It was expected that the robotic arm should be able to grasp and lift objects.
(The robotic arm was …)
4. The inventor found that pressure sensors were useful for the robotic arm.
(Pressure sensors were …. to be ….)
5. It happened so that Devol and Engelberger met by accident. (Deval and Engelberger …)
6. The American public perceived robots to be scary and dangerous. (Robots were …)
7. It seemed that the situation was hopeless. ( The situation …)
8. The industry in Japan considered robots to have a huge potential. (Robots were … in Japan).
9. It was reported that the Japanese automotive industry experienced a boom.
(The Japanese automotive industry was …)
10. It is believed that Devol and Engelberger had started the industrial robotics.
(Devol and Engelberger are …)
30 *Look at list of the jobs below. Which of them are likely to be taken over by robots? Brainstorm in small groups and check here if you were right
Robots are likely to take postal service workers’ jobs soon.
Human postal service workers are sure to be replaced by robots.
Robots are certain to replace human postal service worker.
Postal service worker, bus driver, university professor, programmer, accountant, cashier, aerospace engineer, mechanical engineer, restaurant cook, fashion model, electronic drafter.
Study the visual and answer the questions.
1. What type of diagram is this: a table, a pie chart, a bar chart or a graph?
2. What information does it show? Over what period?
3. How did the size of Amazon workforce change?
4. How did the number of robots in Amazon workforce change?
5. What trend does it indicate?
· The number of... increased/went up/grew by n.
· The number of... decreased/went down n times.
· The number of…. doubled/ tripled.
· The number of... did not change/remained stable
Module 9 Lesson 3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Match the verbs to the nouns (more than one variant is possible)
| drill | tighten | handle | navigate | assist | do | perform | overcome |
| bolts | humans | holes | tasks | obstacles | challenges | chores |
Look at the list of jobs. Which of them can already be done by robots?
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| Robots already can Only humans can Robots will be able to | · sort mail · grade school essays. · assess credit risks. · diagnose illnesses. · invent new things. · conduct financial audit. · read standard contracts. · develop business strategies. · create marketing campaigns. |
Watch a TED Talk on machine learning and check your ideas.
34 *Watch the video again and fill in the gaps in the summary.
In 2013, scientists from ________ University estimated that almost ____% of all jobs had a high risk of being automated by machines. This is explained by the advances in machine ________. This technology allows machines to learn from _______ and mimic some of the things that humans can do. In frequent, high-volume tasks machines can ________ humans. However, machines cannot compete with us when it comes to dealing with _______ situations.
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