After text activity

I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

Artificial intelligence, the human thought process, a man-made machine, intellectual ability, stored data, a limited capacity, language and voice inflection, visual cue, humanoid robots, an unconventional control, complex circuitry

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What does the computer predict?

2) How do humanoid robots operate?

3) What do scientists hypothesize on?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. Like the term "robot" itself, artificial intelligence	a) some specific elements of intellectual ability.
2. Today's AI machines can replicate	b) is to understand how natural intelligence works.
3. Chess computers	c) is hard to define.
4. The real challenge of AI	d) are one example of this sort of machine.

Exercise 4.Open brackets choosing the right words:

Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the (most/more) exciting field in robotics. It's (certainly/surely) the most controversial: Everybody (agrees/knows) that a robot can work in an assembly line, but there's no (consensus/solution) on whether a robot can ever be (intelligent/adaptable).

The speaking module

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe artificial intelligence, data, humanoid, circuitry, capacity using the suggested words and expressions.

artificial intelligence

branch, computer science, to deal, writing, computer programs, to solve, problems, creatively

data

a collection, facts, conclusions, may, drawn, be

humanoid

to resemble, a human being, an automation

circuitry

complete, combination, circuits, used an electrical, electronic system, piece, equipment.

capacity

amount, information, can, to store, a disk drive

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________?

Answer: Computers can already solve problems in limited realms.

2)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: Some modern robots also have the ability to learn in a limited capacity.

3)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: . In Japan, roboticists have taught a robot to dance by demonstrating the moves themselves.

The writing module

III. Writing exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words: to, how, like, from, that, and, by, but, or, of, between.

The real challenge of AI is __ understand ___ natural intelligence works. Developing AI isn't ____ building an artificial heart -- scientists don't have a simple, concrete model to work ____. We do know ____ the brain contains billions ___ billions of neurons, and ____ we think and learn __ establishing electrical connections _______ different neurons. ___ we don't know exactly ___ all __ these connections add up __ higher reasoning, __ even low-level operations.

Exercise 2. Fill in the table with words and expressions from the text

	parts	ability	process
Some robots can learn
the brain contains
The computer compares
Today's AI machines can

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“Artificial intelligence”

“Learning robots”

“The humanoid robots”