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115. Artificial Intelligence Explained!: Is AI Bad for Society? (English Vocabulary Lesson)


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Artificial intelligence is all around us. Perhaps you even found this podcast thanks to Spotify or Apple podcasts’ AI recommending it to you! But for some people, AI is a worrying threat and potential danger. Is AI actually bad for society? Let’s talk about it on today’s episode of Thinking in English!


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Vocabulary List

Algorithm (n) - a set of mathematical instructions and rules that helps computers to find the answer to problems and do calculations

Music apps use algorithms to predict the probability that fans of one band will like another similar band

To mimic (v) - to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves

The parrot was mimicking its owner

To encounter (v) - to experience something, especially something unpleasant

When did you first encounter these difficulties

Respondent (n) - a person who answers a request for information

In a recent newspaper poll, a majority of respondents were against government’s decision

To coin (v) - to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time

Allen Ginsberg coined the term “flower power”

Reigning (adj) - being the most recent winner of a competition

She’s the reigning champion at Wimbledon

Impairment (n) - deterioration or damage in a body part or organ

Visual impairments can now be treated with laser surgery

Diagnosis (n) - a judgement about what a particular illness or problem is, made after examining it

The doctor’s diagnosis came as a shock

Salient (adj) - the salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things about them

She started her report by summarizing the most salient points

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