Topic: Artificial General Intelligence (Topic for debate week)
Part1: Video
Vocabulary:
entity: (n.) an independent person, organization, or being; usually indicates a powerful figure
dark energy: (n.) an invisible energy that scientists believe exists in space and causes the universe to expand
taming fire: (n.) referring to the moment when humans became able to control fire
keep (someone) up at night: (idiom) make someone feel so worried and anxious that they are unable to sleep at night
perceive as (...): (v.) see or regard as.
Part 2: Imagining a world with AGI
Let’s try to imagine what a world with AGI looks like. What kind of tasks (large or small scale) can you imagine it doing? Pair up with a classmate and think of 4 tasks.