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BiFeature >. During the Christmas holidays in 2021, a mother and her 10-year-old daughter were exercising together. They were following instructions on the Internet. However, the girl wanted to do something more exhilarating, so she asked their virtual i — ~ for a harder (11) ‘The robot suggested that the girl insert a phone charger halfway into an electric (12) . then put a coin on the exposed pins of the plug. > 2, Fortunately, the girl was sensible enough not to follow the robot's suggestion. Had she done so, the electrical system in her home could have short- circuited and started a (13) ~ More seriously, the girl could have suffered severe injury or even been killed. Not surprisingly, the incident provoked an (14) and sparked a heated debate on the influence of artificial intelligence (Al) and machine learning (ML) on our everyday lives. It was widely agreed that the makers of devices with Internet (15) should restrict the ability of their products to act unilaterally »3. Teachers and educators now face a greater challenge. ChatGPT is an artifical intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAl, a San Francisco-based Al research laboratory, and launched as a prototype in November 2022. By January 2023, ChatGPT had already had over 100 milion users. Unlike ‘earlier iterations, this generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) embraces a huge family of language models and uses a large corpus of text data to generate copies that ‘seem to have been written by humans. >4, ChatGPT is acclaimed as a state-of-the-art chatbot with the ability to deliver material that mimics the output of a polymath. Its articles are polished, logical, and well-written. They are not copies of the work of any particular author because the chatbot trawls the 01 retrtencromet ChatGPT: Write or Wrong Internet for material, which it uses to create a finished product that is different from the original sources. >5. ChatGPT will be very appealing to students who have to write essays on literature, history, science, ‘and many other topics. The only (16) that teachers may have about academic misconduct is that itis simply too good. The student has clearly departed from a statistical norm of past achievement. The possibilities for cheating in homework and exams are not the only concern. A recent study in California Concluded that the results of medical examinations taken by Al text generators were well within the pass range. The possibilty of incompetent but licensed doctors being able to practise (17) _____—_is seriousty worrying »6. There seems to be no going back. At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaders of major companies admitted that they had used ChalGPT to write emails and speeches, saving themselves a lot of time. Now the technology giant Microsoft is planning to incorporate ChatGPT into some of its products, > 7. The ethics of using Al in text production is open to debate. Some teachers are already using Al programmes to detect plagiarism in students’ work Many writers and editors consult Al-powered spelling and grammar checkers on the Internet, a contemporary version of the dictionaries and thesauruses that have been used for hundreds of years. Al text generators may also ameliorate the shortage of well-trained, competent educators. >8, Whether Al should also be used by students is a controversy that must be resolved as soon as possible, and preferably before an improved version of ChatGPT is introduced later this year, Answer the following questions using information from the text. Based on the article, decide whether the following statements are True, False or the information is Not Given. Tue False Ot, 1. The mother and daughter mentioned in Paragraph 1 have a personal robot in their home. 2, Itwas by luck that the girl was not injured or killed in the incident. 3. Most people agree that Al products connected to the Internet should be regulated by the authorities. 4. ‘GPT’ stands for ‘generative pre-trained transformer’. 5. The text produced by ChatGPT is characteristic of Al-generated prose. 6. Most of the users of ChatGPT are students. 7, There is no way for teachers to catch students who have cheated in assignments by using ChatePt 8, Some medical students in California have passed medical exams by using Al text generators. 9. ChatGPT has been used in business communication by companies. Words are missing from Paragraph 1, 2, 18, Find aword in the article that has a similar meaning to and 5. From the 16 words (A - P) below, each ofthe following: choose the ones that best completo the blanks (10 - 17) in the text. Each word can a, exciting (Paragraph 1) be used ONCE only. ». collection (Paragraph 3) ot. ¢. advanced (Paragraph 4) Pct ee d. aleared person ________ (Paragraph 4) fig eeraee ee ree fe. wrongdoing Paragraph 5) 16 1 ee 18. Based on the information in Paragraph 7, complete the summary by writing ONE word to fill in each blank. A. light |. platform At present, there is no (19.a) ‘on whether B. clue J. outbreak using Alin text production is (19.b) ©. contest K. fire Some teachers use Al programmes to try to find out whether D. ‘scat L. method their studonts have (19.0) content from eae eee online sources. Many writers and editors consult Al-powered ies ae (19.4) dictionaries and thesauruses to 19. their spelling and grammar. G. challenge ©. browser oe non 2 Besides, Al text generators offer a (19.) H. medicine P. socket to the shortage of top-rate educators. Tre atah Cuno OZ i st =

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