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