Vocabulary: fearful = inquiet a rebuke = une réprimande
improvement = amélioration a slew of = a bunch = quelques
naysayers = les gens négatifs cutting edge AI = IA dernier cri
backyard = le jardin de derrière doubles down = renchérir
research = recherche
to drum up = susciter
out loud = à voix haute
grilling a brisket = griller de la poitrine de boeuf
diseases = maladies
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Arguments:
Now, today's class
Do you know this man ?
Isaac Asimov
Read the 3 rules
Vocabulary: meditatively = plongé dans sa méditation
witnessed = être témoin de
gatepost = poteau
his fellow man = ses camarades humains
behavior = comportement
incipient = naissant(e)
proof = preuve
Spot the words you don't know
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Vocabulary:
Spot the names
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Names:
Spot the repeated words
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Repeated words:
Trace écrite:
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Trace écrite:
This extract comes from a book written by Isaac Asimov. It is about characters trying to find a way to prove a certain individual to be a robot by using the rules of robotics. But it turns out that with the rules you can only prove someone to be human and not a robot. Indeed someone following the rules can be just a "good" human.
S4 - Séance 4 - Tle
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Transcript
Séance 4
rules of robotics
What was last class about ?
Vocabulary: fearful = inquiet a rebuke = une réprimande improvement = amélioration a slew of = a bunch = quelques naysayers = les gens négatifs cutting edge AI = IA dernier cri backyard = le jardin de derrière doubles down = renchérir research = recherche to drum up = susciter out loud = à voix haute grilling a brisket = griller de la poitrine de boeuf diseases = maladies
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Arguments:
Now, today's class
Do you know this man ?
Isaac Asimov
Read the 3 rules
Vocabulary: meditatively = plongé dans sa méditation witnessed = être témoin de gatepost = poteau his fellow man = ses camarades humains behavior = comportement incipient = naissant(e) proof = preuve
Spot the words you don't know
32
Vocabulary:
Spot the names
32
Names:
Spot the repeated words
32
Repeated words:
Trace écrite:
32
Trace écrite:
This extract comes from a book written by Isaac Asimov. It is about characters trying to find a way to prove a certain individual to be a robot by using the rules of robotics. But it turns out that with the rules you can only prove someone to be human and not a robot. Indeed someone following the rules can be just a "good" human.
EE: Invent three new rules of robotics
Robots must... / Robots mustn't ...
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Last question:
Are you afraid of the state of technolgy ? Why ?