CHATGPT

 

The next online revolution has started. It is gathering pace at breakneck speed. It began on November the 30th when the tech company OpenAI released its ChatGPT chatbot. This is a search box you can have a conversation with. It can provide the answer to pretty much any request you make, in perfect grammar. Should you require a 300-word text about a movie star written in the style of Shakespeare, you will get it. ChatGPT has spread like wildfire across social media. Analysts have dubbed it a game changer. Hot on the heels of ChatGPT comes Google's Bard chatbot. This was launched on February the 6th. A Google-Microsoft battle for supremacy over the future of online search is now unfolding.

There are countless questions regarding how chatbots will shake up the Internet and our world. Educators are worrying about "the end of homework" as bots can instantly provide convincing essays and answers to a grade-A standard. Workers are concerned the bots are a genuine threat to all manner of jobs. On the day Microsoft added ChatGPT to its Bing search engine, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated: "It's a new day in search." Google allayed people's fears about the emergence and possible threats of chatbots. It said: "AI can deepen our understanding of information and turn it into useful knowledge more efficiently – making it easier for people to get to the heart of what they're looking for and get things done."


1. MORE PROS: Students A strongly believe there are more pros to A.I. than cons; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
2. BEING ONLINE: What are the best websites for these? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Best Website

Why?

Social media

 

 

Music

 

 

News

 

 

Learning English

 

 

Finding information

 

 

Shopping

 

 


3. A.I.: Rank these with your partner. Put the best uses of A.I. at the top 

·         Companionship

·         Correcting essays

·         Learning languages

·         Advice

·         Car navigation

·         Personalized shopping

·         Facial recognition

·         Health analyses

 

5.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1.

gathering pace

a.

Of a sequence of events being revealed or disclosed.

      2.

breakneck speed

b.

Becoming faster and faster.

      3.

dubbed

c.

Following closely.

      4.

game changer

d.

Amazingly and extremely fast.

      5.

hot on the heels of

e.

An event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something.

      6.

supremacy

f.

Gave an unofficial name or nickname to someone or something.

      7.

unfolding

g.

The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.

    Paragraph 2

      8.

shake up

h.

Make radical changes to the organization or structure of an institution or system.

      9.

convincing

i.

Find or determine the most important or essential facts or meaning.

      10.

all manner of

j.

Capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real.

      11.

emergence

k.

In a way that achieves maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

      12.

threat

l.

Many different kinds of.

      13.

efficiently

m.

The process of coming into being, or of becoming important.

      14.

get to the heart of

n.

A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.

 


6. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. revolution
  2. pace
  3. dubbed
  4. supremacy
  5. unfolding
  6. worrying
  7. convincing
  8. emergence
  9. deepen
  10. efficiently
  1. persuasive
  2. control
  3. arrival
  4. speed
  5. fretting
  6. boost
  7. sea change
  8. productively
  9. developing
  10. nicknamed


Role play

Role  A – Companionship
You think companionship is the best use of A.I. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their uses aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): learning languages, personalized shopping or health analysis.

Role  B – Learning Languages
You think learning languages is the best use of A.I. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their uses aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): companionship, personalized shopping or health analysis.

Role  C – Personalized Shopping
You think personalized shopping is the best use of A.I. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their uses aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): learning languages, companionship or health analysis.

Role  D – Health Analysis
You think health analysis is the best use of A.I. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their uses aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): learning languages, personalized shopping or companionship.


Discussion - ChatGPT

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'chatbot'?
  3. How big a revolution is the Internet?
  4. What do you know about ChatGPT and Bard?
  5. How will chatbots change our lives?
  6. Have you tried either of the chatbots?
  7. What would you like to use a chatbot for?
  8. How much of a 'game changer' will chatbots be?
  9. Who will win the chatbot battle for supremacy?
  10. What advice do you have for Microsoft and Google?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the term 'AI'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you think of chatbots doing students' homework?
  5. How might chatbots enhance students' learning?
  6. What jobs might chatbots be a threat to?
  7. What's different from search engines and chatbots?
  8. What will chatbots do for our getting things done?
  9. What question would you like to ask a chatbot now?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the CEOs of Google and Microsoft?


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