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