Activity 9. Watch the video “Michio Kaku: The Future of Quantum Computing” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFVzOksm4o) and explain the work of quantum computers to your partner
Activity 9. Watch the video “Michio Kaku: The Future of Quantum Computing” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFVzOksm4o) and explain the work of quantum computers to your partner.
Activity 10. Summarize the text.
Activity 11. In groups discuss how quantum computers will improve every sphere of our life. Share your ideas with the class.
Activity 12. Hold a debate on the following resolution: “Quantum computers will cause a doomsday scenario”.
TEXT 3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL KILL OUR GRANDCHILDREN
Activity 1. Read the title of the text and dis/agree with it.
Computers have become an integral part of our life, and advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are impressive. It is difficult to predict future progress, but if a computer ever became about as good at programming computers as people are, then it could program a copy of itself. This would lead to an exponential rise in intelligence (now often referred to as the Singularity). And evolution suggests that a sufficiently powerful AI would probably destroy humanity.
