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Feb 3, 2021   

Lesson 7/10  45min

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Jan 29, 2021   

Lesson 6/10  45min

Hello Natalia!

This time we'll discuss Lesson 13, Earthquakes

 

Quizlet

https://quizlet.com/413289692/flashcards

 

And, if we have time, we'll discuss the earthquake in Nepal.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1505/150504-nepal-earthquake.html

Jan 27, 2021   

Lesson 5/10  45min

Hi Natalia!

Today we'll discuss a ted talk about the mistakes that AI can make.​

 

https://www.ted.com/talks/janelle_shane_the_danger_of_ai_is_weirder_than_you_think/transcript?language=en

 

1. What is wrong with the names of ice-cream flavors that AI came up with?

2. What do you understand about AI's cognitive limitations?

3. What are some physical limitations of AI mentioned in the talk?

4. Why is it difficult for AI to use language appropriately?

5. What is your reaction to seeing the picture of the fish with fingers??

 

6. How can we avoid problems with AI?

 

7. Tell me what you think about the following "mistakes" made by AI:

https://analyticsindiamag.com/top-8-funniest-and-shocking-ai-failures-of-all-time/

https://medium.com/syncedreview/2019-in-review-10-ai-failures-317b46155350

https://www.lexalytics.com/lexablog/stories-ai-failure-avoid-ai-fails-2020

https://www.artificiallyintelligentclaire.com/epic-technology-fails-ai/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17619382/ibms-watson-cancer-ai-healthcare-science

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/courts-using-ai-sentence-criminals-must-stop-now/

Jan 22, 2021   

Lesson 4/10  45min

Hi Natalia!

Today we'll use discuss the Chinese social credit system and then work on our dialogues again.

1. Ten million people have been blacklisted so far. What will they do?

2. People who are marginalized and blacklisted in a society sometimes organize themselves into criminal gangs like the Yakuza in Japan.  Have you heard of them?

3. The journalist in the video was detained but finally released. This is positive.  Why do you think they released him?

4. Xingang with it's Muslim majority is faced with detention camps. 500,000 faces have been scanned. Is their religion their crime?

5. One YouTube comment says: "This is NOT a government social credit system, rather, it is a private credit union by Alibaba. Clueless news."  Your comment?

6. Scores are appearing everywhere! Uber is creating scores for its drivers and customers.  And the EU has passed laws requiring cameras, microphones and facial recognition technology in all new cars. https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1903/190330-speed-limiters.html   And companies will soon have files the people who interview with them for jobs!

7. Have you heard of the pseudoscience called physiognomy which is based on Aristotle's book of the same name?  Two Shanghai psychologist claim to be able to predict criminal behavior by scanning people's photos! https://www.rt.com/news/368307-facial-recognition-criminal-china/

Jan 19, 2021   

Lesson 3/10  45min

Hi Natalia!

This lesson our topic is the EU's plan for speed limiters in all new cars by the year 2022.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1903/190330-speed-limiters.html

Dec 25, 2020   

Lesson 2/10  45min

Hi Natalia!

Today we'll use the esl fast website again which offers dialogues about many topics.

https://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/smalltalk/smalltalk.htm

Christmas Vocabulary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg__vXsU8xw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqxzt2QiJUo

 

Google's Santa's Village and Santa Tracker

https://santatracker.google.com/?hl=en#liftoff

 

NORAD's Santa Tracker and Games

http://www.noradsanta.org/

 

Tracking Santa.net

http://trackingsanta.net/

 

Email Santa http://emailsanta.com/Santa-Claus-Tracker.asp

 

Christmas Lights 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2Gd90wYKg

https://youtu.be/3-jgRxzLlhY

 

Christmas Carol Sing Along

http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/

 

A nice Russian Christmas story from a Greek Orthodox Christian blog 

http://www.honeyandhemlock.com/2014/12/leo-tolstoys-papa-panovs-special.html

 

A Russian Christmas (New Year) cartoon from the Soviet period dubbed into English!

http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/12/russian-cartoon-christmas-visit-1959.html

 

A story about the Christmas star called "The First Christmas" in English and Russian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZpAj7-ohJEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3jNIxCmAoM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3jNIxCmAoM

 

A reading and cartoon of the the Dr. Seuss book called How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJcmOm9J1U&list=PL_iybbChsunupZNxYkgiD-tAowMT6k6e-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOpKuQO1FkA&t=73s

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