DiscoverBetter at English047 – The robots are coming. Are you ready?
047 – The robots are coming. Are you ready?

047 – The robots are coming. Are you ready?

Update: 2020-09-0114
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A study predicts that all human tasks could be automated in the next 30 years. And that all human jobs might be replaced within the next 100 years or so. Holy crap! What will we do when the robots take over? A.I. is coming. The robots are coming. But are we ready?


In this Real English conversations podcast from Better at English, Lori and her American friend Will talk about their questions and concerns about the rise of A.I. (Artificial intelligence) and the automation of human labor. You can find the full transcript in my archive of English conversation transcripts for language learners.


Additional resources and supplementary material


Humans need not apply

Video about how automation and A.I. will affect the job market for humans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU


Robots will beat humans at every task


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/this-is-when-robots-will-start-beating-humans-at-every-task-ae5ecd71-5e8e-44ba-87cd-a962c2aa99c2


Traffic death statistics


https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/global-road-safety/index.html


Dirty, Dirty robots.


Funny (but still disturbing) video about A.I. from comedian Lee Camp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfxP6ZyNtw


Link to original Yale / Oxford study about A.I.


This is for learners of academic English. People in the videos about A.I. summarize findings from this study. This is the actual academic study for comparison.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.08807.pdf


Elon musk on the Joe Rogan podcast, talking about A.I.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3fv8gl6NE


Elon Musk’s talk at SXSW


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Osn1gMNtw


Ted talk with neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nt3edWLgIg


Sam Harris on the Joe Rogan Podcast


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BChxQHyFIOI&t=1487s


TED talk by Peter Haas A robot designer who is afraid of robots


The Real Reason to be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzBk_KuIaM


How frightened should be be of A.I.?


Article in the New Yorker, free, with full text and audio so you can read along as you listen.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-frightened-should-we-be-of-ai


Video about delivery robots


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujzjZuhE92g

Comments (3)

ID24671983

Listening to your podcast is an effortless and effective way to learn english🤗

Jun 7th
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Mostafa Hasanpour

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Feb 9th
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Atefe Dehqan

you are the best my dear Lori

May 7th
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047 – The robots are coming. Are you ready?

047 – The robots are coming. Are you ready?

Lori Linstruth