Lesson 4 The Future Ahead of Us
AI: Opportunity or Threat?
Recently, an artist used an artificial intelligence (AI) system to create the image ____ for an art contest.
The image won first place ____ the digital arts category.
____ led to a controversy in the art community.
Some people complained that ____ artist simply provided the system with basic instructions and let it do all the work.
They felt this wasn’t fair to the ____ of the artists in the contest.
However, there were also people who were excited by the ____ of AI.
Today, there are numerous AI ____ that can create various forms of art including images, songs, and novels.
Example 1 Making Digital Images with AI
____ image generators create images based on our text requests.
____ do this by copying other images that were created by humans.
The generators have the ability to ____ millions of images and their corresponding descriptions.
This allows them to create works of art in a short time based on the provided ____
Moreover, AI programs can mix the styles ____ existing images upon request.
For example, you can blend a ____ of a cat with Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
These two images ____ a few differences.
However, the overall design, the eyes, and the scarf around the ____ are clearly based on Vermeer’s painting.
A simple request was ____ to create 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 ____ industry.
These programs are already able ____ compose songs, and they give you many options.
____ example, you can choose the style and key, such as C major or A minor.
You can also ____ how long the song will be.
Once you’ve entered the information, the program will produce a song that you can edit ____ use as it is.
Furthermore, computer-generated imagery (commonly known as CGI) has opened up new possibilities in the music ____
Virtual influencers with extremely realistic ____ bodies, and voices have already released several songs.
Some of them ____ 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 human ____
The Debate on Using AI
Many AI programs are ____ to the public, which means they are free and convenient to use.
However, these programs have ____ a debate over their impact on humans.
Since AI has the potential ____ learn skills and perform them better than humans, some people view it as a threat.
They worry that AI will replace ____ in more and more areas.
There are also ____ 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 ____ still dependent on human assistance.
This is because the data that AI uses can have flaws ____ limitations.
A dependence on imperfect ____ with little diversity eventually limits the output of AI programs.
Human imagination, on the other hand, has no limits or ____
____ kind of future do you think lies ahead of us?
Will more people use AI programs to boost their ____ and productivity?
Or will people grow tired ____ the limitations of AI tools?
AI ____ many benefits and new opportunities.
What we need to do is figure out how to use AI tools ethically and ____ about how humans and AI can collaborate.