People Will Fall in Love with AI Voices

B1 – Intermediate 

In the film “Her” starring Joaquin Phoenix, he starts using a new operating system. He meets “Samantha”, an AI assistant. At first, they become friends and then eventually, he falls in love with his AI assistant.

Science fiction.

But now, scientists are afraid it is highly likely for humans to form some kind of emotional dependency on or even love for their AIs or chatbots.

Read the article to know more about scientists’ worries about the possibility of people falling in love with AI.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2408/240812-emotional-attachment-to-ai.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “reshape” mean? “They will reshape how we interact with family, friends and colleagues. ” Use the word in your own sentence and give a synonym.
  2. What does “usurp” mean? “They may even usurp communication among humans.” Use the word in your own sentence and give a synonym.
  3. What is “societal bias”? Give a synonym of this term. “Wired.com writes that the new  chatbot includes “the potential to amplify societal biases, spread disinformation, and aid in the development of chemical or biological weapons”.” Use this phrase in a sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What is your reaction to this news?
  2. Do you think this is possible to happen? Why or why not?
  3. Share your opinion on this, “Users might form social relationships with the AI, reducing their need for human interaction.”.
  4. What are the pros and cons of talking to AI?
  5. How do you think chatbots could change society?
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4 replies on “People Will Fall in Love with AI Voices”

1.- Well, my reaction to this news is first of all surprise, then some fear because of the uncertainty of knowing what all this will lead to, and its psychological consequences for people, legal consequences, misinformation, etc.
2.-Yes, I think it is possible, because there is a lot of loneliness in people, since society is increasingly more individualistic, and more selfish with his time.
3.-Yes, I agree, and what worries me most is the reduction of human interactions, the creation of superficial relationships, since AI lacks emotional depth, and social isolation and loneliness.
4.-The pros are availability, speed in processing information and saving us time, providing us with tools to improve our learning, generate ideas, texts, etc. and it is also a means to obtain information.
And the cons are lack of real emotions, concerns about privacy and handling of personal data. It can provide incorrect or outdated data, misinterpret questions or give answers out of context and technological dependence.
5.- Chatbots have the potential to change society in several ways,they present ethical and social challenges
I think it can be used for many things, such as health, education, quality of life in people because by being able to do certain jobs, human beings can have more time to cultivate aspects of our lives, or even creativity.

Good job for sharing your thoughts on this topic!

To improve this sentence, you may use some better expressions:

Yes, I think it is possible, because there is a lot of loneliness in people, since society is increasingly more individualistic, and more selfish with his time.

Yes, I think it is possible, because there is a lot of loneliness in lonely people out there, since society is becoming increasingly more individualistic, and people are becoming more selfish with their time.

Keep enriching your vocabulary so you may be able to express your ideas more accurately.

– What is your reaction to this news?
I think that people are going crazy. I think that artificial intelligence can never replace to the humans.

– Do you think this is possible to happen? Why or why not?

I think that is not possible. The government are going to legislate so that doesn’t happen.

– Share your opinion on this, “Users might form social relationships with the AI, reducing their need for human interaction.”.

If that is going to happen, I don’t want to see. People need to relate to move. Relate is part to the socialization and learning.

– What are the pros and cons of talking to AI?

As pros, the AI help some people with social problems. Its help can to be very important.

As cons, people can to think that the AI has all and that humans are not necessary to learn.

– How do you think chatbots could change society?

It could to be used for improve the health. Also it could to be use for improve the teaching and the learning.

Everybody used the AI in this moment, workers, students, teachers…

Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! Great to see you starting with your writing practice here.

See how you can improve this sentence a bit:

It could to be used for improve the health. Also it could to be use for improve the teaching and the learning.

It could to be used to improve the our/people’s health. It could also to be used to develop the teaching and the learning.

May this exercise help you develop your skills more.

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