Zoubin Ghahramani, a top researcher at Google and a professor at Cambridge University, thinks that the new AI center can help solve problems with the climate. AI has already been used to make airplane routes better and reduce harmful trails in the sky. Google has been trying to use less energy for a long time, especially in its data centers. The company wants to use almost all clean energy in the UK by 2025.
However, some people are worried about how AI can hurt the environment. They think that the fast growth of AI could use a lot of energy, like a whole country such as the Netherlands. These people believe that AI should only be used when it is really needed to avoid harming the environment. This shows that it is important to develop AI in a way that is good for the environment.
Original news source: Google boss: AI too important not to get right (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– News Summary
Instructions:
1. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.
2. Have each group read the article together.
3. Instruct each group to write a summary of the article in their own words.
4. After a designated amount of time, have each group share their summary with the class.
– Opinion Poll
Instructions:
1. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.
2. Have each group discuss their thoughts and opinions about AI technology based on the information in the article.
3. Provide a list of questions related to AI and the environment for the groups to answer.
4. After a designated amount of time, have each group present their answers to the class and facilitate a class discussion.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions:
1. Write a list of vocabulary words from the article on the board.
2. Divide the class into pairs or small groups.
3. Assign each group a word from the list.
4. Instruct each group to draw a picture that represents the word and have the rest of the class guess what the word is.
5. After all the words have been guessed, review the definitions and meanings of each word as a class.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions:
1. Choose key words from the article and write blanks for each letter on the board.
2. Divide the class into two teams.
3. Have one student from each team come to the board and take turns guessing letters to fill in the blanks.
4. If a student guesses a correct letter, write it in the appropriate blank. If they guess a wrong letter, start drawing a hangman.
5. The first team to successfully guess the keyword wins the round.
6. Repeat with different keywords from the article.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions:
1. Read the article aloud to the class.
2. Ask the students to think silently for a moment about their opinions on AI technology and its impact on the environment.
3. Have the students pair up and discuss their thoughts with their partner.
4. After a few minutes, bring the class back together and ask a few students to share their thoughts with the whole class.
5. Facilitate a class discussion based on the shared opinions.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
The boss of Google in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is Matt Brittin.
Matt Brittin believes that AI can make big changes in many areas like healthcare, robots, and climate change.
Google is working with the University of Cambridge to create a new place for studying AI.
AI has been used to make airplane routes better and reduce harmful trails in the sky.
Google's goal is to use almost all clean energy in the UK by 2025.
Some people are worried that the fast growth of AI could use a lot of energy, like a whole country such as the Netherlands.
It is important to develop AI in a way that is good for the environment because we want to avoid harming the environment and use AI only when it is really needed.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
The boss of Google in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Matt Brittin, says that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is very important. He that AI can make big in many areas like healthcare, robots, and climate change. Google is working with the University of to create a new place for studying AI. This is happening before a big in the UK about how to keep AI safe. Ghahramani, a top researcher at Google and a at Cambridge University, thinks that the new AI center can help solve problems with the climate. AI has already been used to make airplane routes better and reduce harmful trails in the sky. has been trying to use less energy for a long time, especially in its data centers. The company wants to use almost all energy in the UK by 2025. However, some are worried about how AI can hurt the environment. They think that the fast growth of AI could use a lot of energy, like a whole country as the Netherlands. These people believe that AI should only be used when it is really to avoid harming the environment. This shows that it is to develop AI in a way that is good for the environment.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
2. How do you think AI can make big changes in healthcare?
3. Do you like robots? Why or why not?
4. How would you feel if AI technology was used to solve problems with climate change?
5. What are some ways that AI has already been used to help the environment?
6. Do you think it's important for Google to use clean energy? Why or why not?
7. How do you think AI could use a lot of energy?
8. What are some ways that AI could harm the environment?
9. How can we develop AI in a way that is good for the environment?
10. Do you think it's important for AI to only be used when it is really needed? Why or why not?
11. How do you think AI can help solve problems in our everyday lives?
12. What are some other areas besides healthcare and climate change where AI could make big changes?
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