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 for an art ____
The image won first place in the digital arts ____
This led to ____ controversy in the art community.
Some people ____ that the artist simply provided the system with basic instructions and let it do all the work.
They felt ____ wasn’t fair to the rest of the artists in the contest.
However, there ____ also people who were excited by the potential 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
AI image generators ____ images based on our text requests.
____ do this by copying other images that were created by humans.
The ____ have the ability to analyze millions of images and their corresponding descriptions.
This allows them to create works of art in a short time based on the ____ 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 ____ with a Pearl Earring.
These two images have a few ____
However, the overall design, the eyes, and the scarf around the head are clearly based on Vermeer’s ____
A simple request was enough to create this complex and ____ image.
Example 2 Making Music with AI
AI programs may lead to changes not only in ____ art world but also in the music industry.
____ programs are already able to compose songs, and they give you many options.
For example, ____ can choose the style and key, such as C major or A minor.
You can also set how long the ____ will be.
Once you’ve entered the information, the ____ will produce a song that you can edit or use as it is.
Furthermore, computer-generated imagery (commonly known as ____ has opened up new possibilities in the music industry.
____ influencers with extremely realistic faces, bodies, and voices have already released several songs.
Some of ____ have many followers on social media, just like human singers.
These types ____ virtual musicians are able to 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 they are free and ____ to use.
However, these programs have sparked a debate over their ____ on humans.
Since AI has the potential to learn skills ____ perform them better than humans, some people view it as a threat.
They worry that AI ____ replace humans in more and more areas.
There are also concerns that AI may imitate the styles of human artists without their ____
On the other ____ others think that AI cannot exceed human imagination and that it is still dependent on human assistance.
This is ____ the data that AI uses can have flaws or limitations.
A dependence on imperfect data with little diversity eventually limits the ____ of AI programs.
Human imagination, on the ____ hand, has no limits or boundaries.
What kind of future do you think ____ ahead of us?
Will more people use AI programs to boost their creativity ____ productivity?
____ will people grow tired of the limitations of AI tools?
AI provides many benefits and new ____
What we need to do is figure out how to use ____ tools ethically and think about how humans and AI can collaborate.