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