Lesson 4 The Future Ahead of Us
AI: Opportunity or Threat?
Recently, an artist used an artificial intelligence (AI) system to create the image above ____ an art contest.
The image won ____ place in the digital arts category.
This led ____ a controversy in the art community.
Some people complained that the artist simply provided the system ____ basic instructions and let it do all the work.
They felt this wasn’t fair to the rest of the artists in the ____
However, ____ were also people who were excited by the potential of AI.
____ there are numerous AI programs that can create various forms of art including images, songs, and novels.
Example 1 Making Digital Images with AI
AI image generators create images based on our text ____
They do this by ____ other images that were created by humans.
The ____ have the ability to analyze millions of images and their corresponding descriptions.
This allows them ____ create works of art in a short time based on the provided instructions.
Moreover, AI ____ can mix the styles of existing images upon request.
For example, you can blend ____ photograph of a cat with Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
____ two images have a few differences.
However, the overall design, the eyes, and the scarf around the head are clearly based on ____ painting.
A simple request was enough to ____ this complex and detailed image.
Example 2 Making Music with AI
AI programs may lead to changes not only in the art world but also in the music ____
These programs are already able to compose ____ and they give you many options.
For example, you can choose the style and key, ____ as C major or A minor.
You ____ also set how long the song will be.
Once you’ve entered the ____ the program will produce a song that you can edit or use as it is.
Furthermore, computer-generated imagery (commonly known as CGI) has opened up new ____ in the music industry.
Virtual influencers with extremely realistic faces, ____ and voices have already released several songs.
Some ____ them have many followers on social media, just like human singers.
These types of virtual musicians are able to speak and move realistically with the help of their ____ creators.
The Debate on Using AI
Many ____ programs are open to the public, which means they are free and convenient to use.
However, these programs have sparked a debate over ____ impact on humans.
Since AI has the ____ to learn skills and perform them better than humans, some people view it as a threat.
They ____ that AI will replace humans in more and more areas.
There ____ also concerns that AI may imitate the styles of human artists without their consent.
On the other hand, others think that AI cannot exceed human imagination and that it is still dependent on human ____
This is because the data that AI uses ____ have flaws or limitations.
A dependence on imperfect data ____ little diversity eventually limits the output of AI programs.
Human imagination, on the other hand, has no limits ____ boundaries.
What kind of future do you think lies ahead ____ us?
Will more people use AI programs to boost ____ creativity and productivity?
Or will people grow tired of the limitations ____ AI tools?
AI provides many benefits and new ____
What we need to do is figure out how to use AI ____ ethically and think about how humans and AI can collaborate.