Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking-Comprehending (课件PPT) -【状元桥·优质课堂】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版2019）

LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Unit 2 核心素养　立德树人 课文释疑　高效课堂 目 录 Contents 课时作业(五) 阅读美文　激活思维 课文探究　阅力养成 返回目录 英语　选择性必修　第一册 　 阅读美文　激活思维 许多科技公司正在推进研发“数字人类”，未来发展难以估量。 (2021·6月天津阅读精编)In the fictional worlds1 of film and TV, artificial intelligence(AI) has been described as so advanced that it is indistinguishable　from humans.But what if we're actually getting closer to2 a world where AI is capable of thinking and feeling? 返回目录 英语　选择性必修　第一册 　 Tech company UneeQ is heading for3 its “digital humans”，which appear life like on the screen not only in terms of language, but also because of facial movements：raised eyebrows, a smile, even a nod.They look close to a human, but not quite.Meanwhile, another AI company, Soul Machines, is taking a more biological approach, with a “digital brain”， that imitates aspects of the human brain. 返回目录 英语　选择性必修　第一册 　 Shiwali Mohan, an AI scientist at the Palo Research Center, is skeptical(持怀疑态度的) of these digital beings.“They're humanlike in their looks and the way they sound, but that in itself is not being human，” she says.“Human qualities also involve how you think, how you approach problems, and how you break them down; and that takes a lot of algorithmic(算法) design.Designing for human­level intelligence is a different attempt than designing images that behave like humans.” 返回目录 英语　选择性必修　第一册 　 Yet the demand is there, with UneeQ seeing high adoption of its digital employees across the financial, health care, and commercial sectors(行业)．Unless these sectors make their business models much more efficient digitally, they might be left behind. Some other companies are taking their digital beings a step further, enabling organizations and individuals to create digital humans themselves using free­access platforms4 they provide.The biggest motivation for5 such platforms is to popularize AI6. 返回目录 英语　选择性必修　第一册 　 【词块采撷】 1．fictional worlds 虚构的世界 2．be getting closer to 更接近…… 3．head for 朝……进发 4．free­access platforms 免费访问平台 5．the biggest motivation f