ACTIVITY

Find the following information in the text, and write the line number where it is mentioned.
a. The types of jobs robots do: /z.77e 2
b. The appearance of the PUMA robot: Jz.72e 6
c. The things the PUMA robot can do: /i.72e 6 and 7
d. The objective of the Japanese fifth-generation computer project: /I.7?e 16
e. Types of inputs humans can process: /I.7ze 26
f. The goal that AI researchers are trying to achieve: /z.72e 18

ACTIVITY : Trueffalse questions

a. PAC-MAN is a computer gane developed in 1982. TRUE

b. Computers can recognise objects faster than humans. FALSE
C. The importance of robots is decreasing. FALSE
d. Hunans can do some tasks faster than computers. TRUE

e. Researchers are working to develop new software and new hardware for AI. TRUE

f. Robots do jobs that are boring or dirty. TRUE

9. The PUMA robot was designed to do one specific task. TRUE

h. The aim ofAI researchers is to help hunans to solve problems with computers. FALSE

i. Texas Instruments has developed a robot that can see the numbers on a calculator screen. TRUE

ACTIVITY Contextual Reference

What do the reference words in italics refer to?

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2 ..... t4Jfej.cfe at most could do only (line 4)
3 ..... and put I.f into a tooling machine (line 7)
4 ..... ffecj; canprocess various kinds of inputs (line 24)