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新外研社高中英语选择性必修三Unit4 A glimpse of the future
Understanding Ideas
Where can AI be used?
entertainment
AI
medicine
transportation
security
education
tourism
finance &
economy...
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Read the facts about AI and answer the questions.
Milestones in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1950: Mathematician and logician, Alan Turing devised the Turing Test, a test on the ability of machines to show human-like intelligence.
1955: Computer scientist, John McCarthy coined the term “artificial intelligence”.
1972: Shakey, the first mobile robot able to make decisions, according to reason, was completed.
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Pre-reading
Read the facts about AI and answer the questions.
2001: The Electrolux Trilobite, the first robotic vacuum cleaner designed for home use, went on sale.
2015: AlphaGo became the first computer program to beat a human professional Go player.
2017: AlphaGo Zero beat the previous version of AlphaGo by 100 games to nil.
1. What can you learn from the timeline?
2. Are you concerned about developments in AI? Why or why not?
3. How do you think AI will develop in the future?
Pre-reading
Read the facts about AI and answer the questions.
Shakey
“Shakey” was the first mobile robot with the ability to perceive and reason about its surroundings. It was a mobile robot with cameras and touch sensors, controlled by a large remote computer.
Background information
understand
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Electrolux Trilobite
The Electrolux Trilobite is a robotic
vacuum cleaner manufactured by the
Swedish corporation Electrolux. It takes
its name from the extinct arthropod,
which scoured the ocean’s floor.
自动的
节肢动物
Pre-reading
AlphaGo
AlphaGo is the first computer program to defeat a
professional human Go player, the first to defeat a Go world champion, and is arguably the strongest Go player in history.
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
1. What can you learn from the timeline?
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