Is artificial intelligence bad for the world? A new survey has found most teenagers fear AI is affecting their work. Some experts believe they are the canary in the coal mine.
Pupils ‘can’t tell’ if AI content true
Students' view: It is not just teachers who are worried by students using AI; students are worried about it too. Comprehension quiz
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The word “nuanced” in this context means:
A: Overly simple and one-sided.
B: Expressing subtle and complex differences in meaning.
C: Completely negative and pessimistic.
D: Related to new technology.
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Which word is the closest synonym for “deteriorating”?
A: Improving
B: Stabilising
C: Expanding
D: Worsening
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According to the Oxford University Press survey, identify two different concerns that teenagers have about the use of AI in their schoolwork.
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According to the article, which two of the following are wider negative effects of AI?
A: It is driving up wages for all workers.
B: It consumes large amounts of electricity.
C: It is mainly used in poor communities.
D: It is causing human memory to worsen.
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What is the effect of the writer using the phrase “made students the villains” in the second paragraph?
A: To prove that all students are using AI to cheat.
B: To criticise students for being lazy.
C: To contrast a common, negative stereotype of young people with the more complex reality revealed by the survey.
D: To suggest that newspapers should not write about AI at all.
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In your own words, summarise one positive economic impact and one negative environmental impact of AI mentioned in the article.
Answers
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1. B 2. D 3. Any two of the following: AI encourages copying; they worry their peers are using AI to do their work; they worry their teachers cannot spot this; it makes everything too easy; it limits their capacity for creativity; they cannot judge if what AI tells them is true. 4. B and D 5. C 6. The positive economic impact is that AI is pushing up wages and driving economic growth. The negative environmental impact is that the data centres AI depends on use huge amounts of electricity and can cause air and water pollution.
1. B 2. D 3. Any two of the following: AI encourages copying; they worry their peers are using AI to do their work; they worry their teachers cannot spot this; it makes everything too easy; it limits their capacity for creativity; they cannot judge if what AI tells them is true. 4. B and D 5. C 6. The positive economic impact is that AI is pushing up wages and driving economic growth. The negative environmental impact is that the data centres AI depends on use huge amounts of electricity and can cause air and water pollution.
Glossary
Devious - Using clever but underhand or dishonest tactics to get what you want.
ChatGPT - An Artificial Intelligence chatbot released in November 2022.
Generative AI - A type of AI that can create new content and ideas, including conversations, stories, images, videos, and music.
Data centres - A large group of computer servers used by organisations to store, process and distribute very large amounts of data.
Pollution - When harmful or dangerous things are put into the environment.
Marginalised - Treating a person, group or idea as if they are unimportant.
Search engines - A program that searches a database and identifies items, often websites, that match up with a keyword typed in by a user.