Reading（18）     Saturday     July 18^th     2020     Cloudy

Theme: Science &Technology  Key words: AI&Human Jobs

AI & Human Jobs

人工智能有可能完全代替人类进行各项工作吗?

Artificial intelligence (人工智能，缩写为AI) is changing the world. It includes any machine that reacts to information like a human.

AI technology can make decisions. It can also look at many parts of a problem. Most importantly, it can learn. That means AI technology can change how it reacts based on feedback (反馈). People are interested in how AI might affect human jobs. Some experts believe that AI technology couldautomate (使自动化) all human jobs in the next 120 years. However, some believe that AI will create more jobs than it replaces.

To support their predictions (预言), these experts point to technology’s long history of job creation. For example, many of today’s jobs didn’texist in the past. Think of all the people who work at Google, Amazon and Facebook. None of these companies would be possible without the internet.

What new companies and careers might emerge due to AI technology? Or do you see a future in which humans no longer have jobs? Either way, creative minds will be needed in this ever-changing world. It’s important to always keep learning!

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Word Bank

1. replacev. 代替

e.g. The new design will replace the old one.

2. exist v. 存在

e.g. Few of these monkeys still exist in the wild.

3. emerge v. 兴起

e.g. A new industry may emerge in the next ten years.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

短文填词练习(Made by C.Y.F.)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the  ___1___ /wɜːld/. It includes any machine that reacts to information the  ___2___ way a person would. People are  ___3___(interest) in how AI might affect human jobs.

 Some experts believe that AI technology could automate all human jobs in the  ___4___ /nekst/ 120 years. However, technology has a long history of job creation, so some experts believe that AI will create more jobs than it  ___5___(place). For example, many of today’s jobs didn’t exist in the  ___6___. Companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook would not be possible  ___7___ the internet.

 We are not sure  ___8___ artificial intelligence will have the same effect on the job  ___9___ /'mɑːkɪt/ as the internet. But a  ___10___(create) mind will always be needed in this ever-changing world.

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Answer

1. world  2.same  3.interested  4.next  5.replaces

6.past  7.without  8.if/whether  9.market  10.creative                      

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