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..r~ ReadingPart31 a. Youaregoingto readanarticleaboutartificial intelligence.Beforereading,in pairsdiscusshe followingquestions.

1 Whattaskscanrobotsdonow?2 What famousrobots do you know fromscienceictionbooksor films?3 Do you believethat we will evercreatemachineshat areableto think aswe do?

Shouldwetry to?b. Nowscanthe text to findinformation

about the following.Checkwithyourpartner.

Alan Turing The TuringTest HerbertSimon AM Christian Goldbach DeepBluec. Forquestions 1-7,choose the answer

(A, B,C or D)which ybu think fits bestaccording to the text.

Accordingto thewriter, the term 'artificialintelligence'

A ismissingromsomescientificdictionaries.B makesusthink of machinesromsci-fifilms.C isoverusedamongcomputerscientists.

D implieshatcomputerscanbetooclever.2 AlanTuring

A builta 'universalmachine'n the 1930s.B usedhis researchwork to developan

electronicomputer.C usedcode-breakingechniqueso build

anelectroniccomputer.D created the first artificiallyintelligent

computer.3 Turingbelievedthat

A computerscould copyhumanthoughtprocesses.

B computeresearcheededmorefunding.C computerswould eventually replace

humanbeings.D computersmight be usedfor immoral

purposes.

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4 ComputerscientistsodayA donotdistinguishetweenci-fiandreality.B aremakingourdreamscometrue.C do not agreeabout the aimsof AIdevelopment.D arespendingartoo longonAIresearch.--.

TheSearchorArtificial Intelligence

Robert Matthews, a leading UKresearcher, outlines his mission

It is one of themost evocativephrases in the lexiconof scienc.artificialintelligence,'AI', the creation of machinesthat can thic.Just the mention of it conjures up images of HAL, the allot.intelligent computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and C3PO, :.chatty, batty robot from Star Wars.

For over half a century, computer scientists nave been workI.-_towardscreatingsuchmachines,spendingbillionsof poundsin .attempt. And hanging over their efforts has been a challenge seta British mathematician widely regarded as the father of...research: Alan Turing.

During the 1930s, Turing showed, in theory at least, the..'universal machine' could be built, capable of performingalltasks of any special-purpose computing machine. After war-t;..-work OD.code-breaking, Turing helpe.d to turn his discovery ::'

the reality of an electronic computer. But heMsOb~leVe(hllS prmeant that computers could mimic the action of the human mir:-_

In 1951, Turing published a prediction: by the end ofcentury, computers would be able to hold a five-mm_conversation with humans and fool 30 per cent of them --believing they were dea\ing with aD.otherhuman be.ing.

It is a deadline that has come and gone, along with :-amounts of funding. Yet no computer is remotely close to pa:.the 'TuringTest'.Whatwentwrong?Whyhasno one succee


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I!" ~. _! ! .t-:Ii,; Language Focus

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:> Advances in Technology1 a. Underlinethe correct word/phrase inthesentences.

Mynew cellularphone allowsme to send (faxes, textmessages, telegrams) anywherewithinthe countryandabroad.

2 Don't forgetto turn on the (printer, modem, monitor)ifyouwant to go on-line.

3 The advent of (endoscopic surgery, telemedicine,antibiotics) has greatly r~duc~dthe post-operativerecoverytime of most patients.

4 Supermarkets of the future will make use of (scanners,smart cards, personal organisers) to read the contents ofyour trolley and total up your bill.

5 Factorieswhich relyon humans working on (assembly lines,conveyor belts, processing equipment) are becoming athing of the past.

6 Youwould bequite astounded bythe number of(satellites,space capsules, landing craft) orbiting the Earth.

7 Not only would a (nuclear, solar, diesel) poweredvehiclebe safe, it would also make use of one of theplanet's greatest natural ~sources.

b. What fields of technology are the sets of wordsrelated to? Choosefrom the list below. medical informationechnology space industrial energy electronics communications

2 Look at the pictures. In pairs, discusswhich of themwill become obsolete over the next twenty years.What do you think they wil l have been replacedby?

A: I feel that over the next twenty years,... will become obsolete.

8: I agree and I think that they will have been replaced by...

:> Computers3 a. Whatdo the following wordsmeanin aneveryday context, and what do they meanin the context of computing? Makesentencesshowing eachusage. crash terminal hack load navigator update' web wallpaper mouse wizard

crash: Alan crashedhiscar into alamp post.

The computer crashed unexpectedlyand Mike lost a ll of his work.

b. Now, in pairs,askand answer the questionsDo you own a computer? Do you have access~:Internet?

2 Howoften do you useyourcomputer?What do):it for?

3 Do you know how to download/delete files? ~the procedureto your partner.

4 Have you ever crashed your computer? What hap..~5 Hasyourcomputereverhada virus?WhatdidYOl.,6 Doyouthinkcomputersarea good or bad thing'

...,:> Technologicalownsides4 a. Fill in the gaps in the sentences using wor-:...

phrases from the list below. stressful lifestyle traffic congestion urbansprawl extremeweather chang~ nuclearpower fastfood unemployl""'= impersonalervice biologicalweapons spaceunk GMfoods consumer~"I'm terribly sorry I'm late but trafficconges:around the city just keepsgetting worse.

2 The recent increasein ...............................area can be explainedbythe new automate:that has just opened.

3 After little more than forty years, we ra ~polluted the final frontier with ..............

and other debris.4 We livein a............................... ................

find it easier to throwaway something therather than get it fixed.

5 Many teenagers would prefer to go 01..-friendsfor ~~_to a mealwith their family.

6 Looking out the aeroplane window I could see-unsightly of trespread far into the desert.

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-__::'!le of the heateddebate on technology intheAi: Nasnot what I had expected.';s continue as they are, the outlook for the

.. S" space programme doesn't appear to be_Co" positive.2'='"we can get someinformationfrom the

-~ oeforeweplanouroutingto theLakeDistrict.- --Ie outset, Bill Gateswas confident that hise' language,BASIC,wouldbeasuccess.

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Language Focus7 Fillin: make,hold,haveor do,then makesentences. ~ Idioms

1 experimentalwork;2 advancesn one'sfield;3 a successfulmission;4 animportantdiscovery;5 an importantobservation; ..............ground-breakingresearch;7 a life changingexperience; evidenceof sth;9 a'demonstration;10 a changefor the better;11 a scientificproject; 12 aninternationalconference

10 a. MatchitemsfromcolumnsA andBto formidioms.Inpairs,guesswhatthe idiomsmightmean.Doyouhavesimilaridiomsn yourlanguage? .

breakblind someonemovewithbe somebody'sonce in aturn thecomedownreinventit doesn't takestand the test

:) Ambiguous Words8 Theuseof the underlinedwords inthe sentencesbelowis ambiguous.Inpairs,providetwo

alternativesfor eachsentenceo showthe possibledifferencesn meaning.

Thisistoo hard. I 'llleavetoutofthefreezerorhalfonhourbeforeweeat

it. I'llneverbeabletodoit onmyown.

2 Helensveryfair.3 Theydidnot recogniseh~newchairman.4 Michaelsaverycuriousman.5 Myuncleisaverypowerfulman.6 Helookedverysuspicious.7 I loveentertainingpeople.

-a rocket scientistclock backwith scienceof timeguineapigblue moonto earththe wheelthe mouldthe times

b. Now,rewritethe sentencesbelowusingidic-in their correctform,from Ex.10a.Jeff finally saw the reality of the situationafL~employerexplainedto him that extra respons:Jwentalongwith hisnewpromotion.

2 Inorderto ensureourcompany'scontinuedsuCG~..haveto keepupwith moderntrends.

3 Idon'tknowwhyyouthinkhe'ssospecial.tdoesn'~Cthatmuchntelligenceo installasoftwareprograrr

4 You'reconfusingmewith allthattechnologicalla---9 Underlinehe correct ~ "). '.. ... " Justtellmeinsimpleermshowtoconnecto the ~word. a.. ~~.~ L ~~~CJ~\. '~" '" 5 Sue,canIexpenmentonyoubyhavingyoutr: ::~ \i~ . 1>:,;.'.' II newprogram designed?~ ,'-I ,[ . ~ fJ f:)" ~~8 ~~~ ,~ ,~~"'_..........-,.,~~,:~.1ft~ .~~

3ngeshavehappene(L ' modernlcontempQl'aryllatestears.~ 2 Operate/PushNibrate/Effecthemachineryarefully. . inthelongrun infact inspiteof[I 3 Thecompanyoffersa group/collection/cluster/range . in brief in lightof inprivate inpersc

~.of wordprocessingackages. ~\ inwriting inanyevent incase. 4 Thecompany'smottoreflects/conveys/infers/proves. the owners'policy. 1 Personally, believethat what someonedoes=

.' 5 Doeofthe comp,"y'sm'jorconcernsitroubleslca",sI. ~ closeddooo is"," ooneofmybusioess.I' I bothersisto makethep roductsellin lotsof markets. WA 2~, the talk on the importanceof furtt'=[ I 6 Allfi lesareconfined/stocked/reserved/stored ncabinets. explorationprovedquite interesting.r .., 7 Thecompany'sersonnelshighlylconsiderably/vastly/ 3 Becauseof the latestsurveyresults,we'vedt>::t supremely trained. ~ fund the upcoming programme.r '~ 8 Pleasekeep/hold/take/carryn mind that you must 4 Initially, recycling seemed q uite botherso-I: j answerallquestions. eventuallyeverybodygot usedto doingit.

. 9 Thismachinerysratherelderly/unfashionable/aged/ 5 Toput it in asfew wordsasDossible,'veOC'.~. ~~. outdated. resignmypositionasheadof research.B' 10 Followingisadvicewilldoyoualotofadvantage/good/ I. 6 BeforeI agreeto anything,I wantto seetheCJ~ain/benefit. blackandwhite.104

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