Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence 1

Attitudes towards ArtificialIntelligence  1

对待人工智能的态度

27  Ⅲ. The superiority of Al projections over those made byhumans

superiority  [suːˌpɪəriˈɒrəti]  优越(性); 优势

A 2段  AI is almost alwaysbetter at forecasting than we are.

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28  Ⅵ. Widespread distrust of an Al innovation

A3 why people are so reluctant to trust AIin the first place.

B1   Take the case of Watson for Oncology,one of technology giant IBM's supercomputer programs.

29  Ⅱ. Reasons why we havemore faith in human judgement than in Al

C1 Trust in other people is often based on ourunderstanding of how others think and having experienceof their reliability.

30 Ⅰ. An increasing divergence of attitudes towards Al

divergence /daɪˈvɜːdʒəns/ 分歧

D1 regardless of whether the film they watched depicted AI in a positive ornegative light, simply watching a cinematic vision of our technological future polarised the participants' attitudes. Optimists became more extreme in their enthusiasm forAI and sceptics became even more guarded.

polarized  [ˈpəʊləˌraɪzd]  两极分化

optimists  [ˈɒptɪmɪsts]  乐观主义者

sceptics  [ˈskɛptɪks] 怀疑论者

31  Ⅶ. Encouraging openness about how Al functions

E2 Another solution may be to reveal moreabout the algorithms which AI uses and the purposes they serve.

32  Ⅴ. The advantages of involving users in Al processes

F1 allowing people some control over AIdecision-making could also improve trust and enable AI to learn from humanexperience. For example, one study showed that when people were allowed thefreedom to slightly modify an algorithm,

F2 if people are given a degree of responsibility

33.What is the writer doing in SectionA?

C. highlighting the existence of a problem

A2 Recent cases show that people don't like relyingon AI and prefer to trust human experts, even if these experts arewrong.