题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:困难
湖北省黄冈市武穴市百汇学校2023-2024学年九年级上学期11月五科联赛英语试题
For two centuries, the famous University of Cambridge debating society has hosted many prominent figures from world leaders to scientists to comedians.
On Nov 21, the Cambridge Union hosted another extraordinary guest—a non-human debater called Project Debater. Designed by IBM, Project Debater is a machine that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to form a spoken argument. It can even listen and answer to opposite statements, much like a real person.
In the Cambridge test debate, it argued the topic: AI will ultimately(最终)do more harm than good. Before the debate, more than 1,100 arguments for the positives and negatives of AI were submitted(递交)to the IBM website. The machine then analyzed these sources and formed the basis of its arguments in minutes. Project Debater then showed off its AI by arguing for both sides of the debate.
Over a four-minute speech, it argued first that, "AI can only make decisions that it has been programmed to solve while humans can be programmed for all situations."
In support of AI, it then argued that AI would create new jobs and "bring a lot more efficiency" to the workplace.
This isn't the first test for Project Debater. In June 2018, the machine went back-and-forth for 20 minutes against champion debater Harish Natarajan.
According to New Scientist, on both occasions, Project Debater repeated points and didn't always sufficiently support them.
Speaking to Cambridge Independent, Noam Slonim, the project's lead engineer, said, "The AI is not perfect, but it's going in the right direction." The team hopes to improve the AI by researching why humans find certain arguments more persuasive than others. They also hope the test might provide well-informed viewpoints for society, governments and private companies.
Do you know any special inventions? Here are four smart inventions made by students.
A Safe Window Xiao Ming, a 12-year-old boy from China,invented a safer window for kids. When the window moves up, the part for safe guard will work. It can stop children from falling out of the window if they open it. When the window is pulled down, the guard will go up. | A Smart Homework Collecting RobotXiao Li, a student from China, invented a smart robot that collects homework. When a student puts his notebook on the robot, the robot will read his name and collect it. The teachers can connect their phones with the robot, and know if the students hand in their homework. |
An Special Umbrella Jenny, an 11-year-old girl from America, invented a smart umbrella. It has a handle(手柄) in the shape of a circle to hold a cup. With it, you can drink easily when you walk on a rainy day. | A Solar(太阳能) Flower Pot Arthur, a 9-year-old boy from Britain, invented a solar flower pot. The pot has a special part to get solar. It also has three wheels, so the pot can run around the garden and look for sunlight by itself. In this way, the flowers can get enough sunlight. |
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