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N High School First Unified Exam Scholastic Year : 2016- G

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: Class LS+GS : Subject English : Duration mins 120

Part One: Reading (24pts)

Read the following selection in which the writer discusses the worries scientists have about artificial intelligence

.intelligence advancements . Then answer the questions that follow

Artificial Intelligence Is Far from Matching Humans

SEATTLE — Never mind Terminator-like killer robots. Artificial intelligence researchers are grappling .1
with more realistic questions like whether their creations will take too many jobs from humans. Eight years
after leading artificial intelligence scientists said their field did not need to be regulated, the question of
.government oversight has re-emerged as the technology has rapidly progressed

On Tuesday, at an event sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, legal .2
specialists and technologists explored questions about autonomous systems that would increasingly make
decisions without human input in areas like warfare, transportation and health. Still, despite improvement in
areas like machine vision and speech understanding, A.I. research is still far from matching the flexibility
.and learning capability of the human mind, researchers at the conference said

The A.I. community keeps climbing one mountain after another, and as it gets to the top of each “ .3
mountain, it sees ahead still more mountains,” said Ed Felten, a computer scientist who is a deputy chief
.technology officer in the Office of Science and Technology Policy

After 25 artificial intelligence researchers met in 2009, the group, sponsored by the Association for the .4
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, reported that there was no imminent danger from a technology that
had prompted fears of Hollywood-style weapons and advanced economies that were devoid of human
.workers

Leading technologists and scientists have also pondered the possibility that artificial intelligence, like .5
genetic engineering, might soon constitute an existential threat to the human race. In recent years, the debate
has spread to the broader social impact of autonomous programs that will perform tasks like driving cars and
.offering medical and financial advice
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One challenge for A.I., according to a number of the researchers who spoke, is that the public perception .6
.about the threat of A.I. has largely been shaped by Hollywood

Certainly, Hollywood has played a tremendous role with vision like Skynet,” the computer network that “ .7
turns on humans in the “Terminator” movies, said Oren Etzioni, chief executive of the Allen Institute for
Artificial Intelligence, a nonprofit research group funded by the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. “It’s pretty
”.much always the case in science fiction that A.I. is this monolithic entity that is scheming to take over

He cautioned that attention-getting feats like Google’s AlphaGo program, which defeated a human .8
.champion in the board game Go, had plenty of humans behind the machine doing the work

At the same time, despite the consensus about the limits of today’s technology, many of the panelists .9
wrestled with new challenges presented by A.I. systems that were appearing in virtually all walks of life,
.including services delivered by smartphones and algorithms that guide missiles

Kate Crawford, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, called on the industry to add ethics to the .10
professional training of engineers. “We need to start changing the skill set of the people who are going to be
.the data scientists of the future and the A.I. creators of the future,” she said

A.I. systems are pervasive, Ms. Crawford said, pointing to a doll like Hello Barbie, which speaks and .11
listens.“You might think that’s a fantastic toy, that’s really wonderful,” she said. “What you don’t realize is
that it is the front to this huge data ingestion machine that is taking all of those statements by that child and
”.then using them for a whole range of purposes

By JOHN MARKOFF MAY 25, 2016

.Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences of your own .A

According to researchers, what is A.I still far from despite the improvements in many fields?(2pt) .1
Referring to paragraphs 6 &9 , state a challenge faced by A.I and another presented by it.(2pts) .2
Explain what future scientists should be trained to do according to Kate Crawford .(2pt) .3
What do you think Ed Felten means by saying:“The A.I. community keeps climbing one .4
mountain after another, and as it gets to the top of each mountain, it sees ahead still more
mountains,” (2pts)
Write a 2-sentence commentary on the above illustration.(2pts) .5

Identify the type of introduction used in the above text and explain its function(2pts) .1 .B
Explain how the author achieved credibility in the above selection.(2pts).2
The text ends abruptly without a concluding paragraph. Write a suitable conclusion(2pts) .3

Using phrases, skim paragraphs 2,5&6 to fill out the following table with the fears researchers .C
have concerning A.I. Copy the table into your booklet . (2pts)

Researchers' fears of A.I .1

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 D. Edit the following excerpt to find 4 mistakes. (2pts)
The half-day program, co-sponsored with the University of Washington School of Law and the
university’s Tech Policy Lab, is being the first of four events the White House have planned that will
focus on law and policy, as well as the social and economic implications of autonomous machine
research.“This issues of A.I. and machines learning was popped up all over the government, and there
was an opportunity to get more coordinated in how we address them,” Dr. Felten said

E.The following statements are false since they misinterpret information mentioned in the
selection. Rerwite them correctly. (2pt)
Artificial intelligence scientists confirm the danger of having economies needless of human .1
.workers
According to Etzioni, speaking dolls played a role in changing people's vision of artificial .2
intelligence

F. Skim paragraphs 1,4&5 respectively to find words that have the following meaning.: (2pts)
wresling 2. happening very soon.1
stimulated, encouraged 4. considered, meditated.3

Part Two: Writing (16 pts)

.Choose One of the following topics and develop it fully

Methods of communication have changed drastically over the past 50 years. Some people .1
believe that these changes have caused more stress while others believe that they have made life
much easier for the new generation as compared to older generations'. Where do you stand? In a
250-300-word essay discuss your point of view giving enough reasons and real life examples to
support it. Make sure that, in your introduction, you put your reader in the general atmosphere of
your topic and clearly provide a thesis statement, and that each of your paragraphs starts with a
topic sentence which you back up with relevant supporting details. Draft, revise, and proofread your
.essay. Your writing will be assessed for ideas, language, style, and tidiness

This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of ".2
creative possibilities made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of
man-if man is not enslaved by it". Write a 250-300 word essay in which you explain this statement
displaying how technology can be a double edged weapon.Make sure that, in your introduction, you
put your reader in the general atmosphere of your topic and clearly provide a thesis statement, and
that each of your paragraphs starts with a topic sentence which you back up with relevant
supporting details. Draft, revise, and proofread your essay. Your writing will be assessed for ideas,
.language, style, and tidiness

)score: 07 for ideas and organization, 07 for language, and 02 for tidiness and legible handwriting (

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 Answer key: Artificial Intelligence Is Far From Matching Humans, Panel Says

A.1. Researchers believe that A.I still lacks the ability to learn and the flexibility that human mind is
specialized in despite all the advancements it had in different areas.(2pts)
A.I is faced by the effect Hollywood has on people since it is shaping their ideas and beliefs about .2
artificial intelligence. However, A.I is offering services through algorithms that guide missiles and
smartphones which are affecting all life domains .This makes them represent real challenges as presented
by A.I.(1pt for each challenge)
Kate Crawford believes that future scientists and engineers should be ethically trained since they will be .3
the creators of future artificial intelligent machines. Having the elite and valid ethics, these scientists won't
endanger humanity with their inventions.(2pts)
Felten means that researchers of A.I are doing great achievements in their fields overcoming too many .4
difficulties. However, these difficulties never end , and the hindrances in their way to reach a stage where
their inventions could match the flexibility and learning ability of human mind never end .(2pts)
Students will focus on the possibility of having robots replacing lawyers in the future and how successful .5
they could be. They may also comment on the latest robot lawyer that frees cars tickets in case they heard
about it.(2pts)
B. 1.The author used a shocking fact as an introduction where the author arouses the readers curiosity about
artificial intelligence creations and their expected hazards. It also gives a background information about the
topic which is the American government's and scientists' worries about A.I creations' effects on the
societies. (ss can use attract readers attention or help the author achieve credibility as functions too)
(1pt for identification and 0.5 pt for each function-two functions are required)
The author used real names like"Ed Felten,University of Washington,Hollywood, Paul Allen,Etzioni, .2
Kate Crawford" and dates like "2009".He also used experts' opinions like the quotations of felten,Etzioni,
and Crawford. He also mentioned real events like the event sponsored by the white House.(2 are enough) )
(0.5 for each item and 0.5 pt for each clue-two are required)
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 Different conclusions could be added but they must be of the types they learned(2pts)(.3
C. (0.5 pt for each phrase)(0.25 is minused for each complete sentence)

Researchers' fears of A.I having autonomous systems that make .1

spontaneousdecisions
having weapons and advanced.2
economies independent from human
workers
threatening humanity by genetic.3
engineering
having autonomous programs.4
..performing tasks like driving cars

D. The half-day program, co-sponsored with the University of Washington School of Law and the
university’s Tech Policy Lab, (was) the first of four events the White House (has) planned that will focus
on law and policy, as well as the social and economic implications of autonomous machine
research.“(These) issues of A.I. and machines learning(were popping) up all over the government, and
there was an opportunity to get more coordinated in how we address them,” Dr. Felten said. (0.5 pt for
each error)

. E. 1.Artificial intelligence scientists confirm that their products won't be devoid of human workers

According to Etzioni, Hollywood played a role in changing people's vision of artificial intelligence.(1pt.2
for each)

F. 1. grappling(p1):wrestling
imminent(p4): happening very soon.2
prompted(p4): stimulated, encouraged.3
Pondered(p5) :considered, meditated(0.5 pt for each) .4

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