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Open Ended

Pick any competition—cooking, dancing, basketball, video games, or math. Who do you think would win right now, and who do you think would win 20 years from now when AI and robots have improved even more? Why?

Fill in the Blanks

SWBAT analyze argumentative texts by identifying the author’s

and intended audience and explaining how various types of evidence support the argument.

Open Ended

What is the main point the author is making in paragraphs 1–2 about why AlphaGo’s win surprised so many people?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the author’s main purpose in paragraph 2?

• To explain why chess and Go are equally difficult for computers

• To show that AlphaGo’s victory is more impressive than Deep Blue’s win

• To argue that human players no longer have advantages in strategy games

• To prove that computers have always been better at board games than humans

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best supports the idea that AlphaGo’s win was unexpected?

• “Sedol lost a five-game tournament by a score of 4–1.”

• “It calculated the outcomes of more moves to a deeper level than even a world champion can.”

• “Go is an ancient and very difficult game from China played on a far larger board than chess.”

• “Raw computing power was unlikely to beat a human with a strong sense of the best moves.”

Open Ended

What is the claim the author makes in paragraphs 3-4? 

Multiple Choice

How does the author support the claim that artificial intelligence will help people by making them smarter and more capable? 

• By citing the executive chairman of Google, who states that AI will make people "smarter, more capable and 'just better human beings.'"

• By detailing the specific programming language used to create the AlphaGo program.

• By arguing that the game of Go is far more difficult to master than the game of chess.

• By explaining that AlphaGo achieved its success over millions of years of natural selection.

Multiple Choice

What claim does the author make in paragraphs 5–6 about the risks of artificial intelligence?

• AI can function safely as long as humans update it regularly.

• AI becomes more reliable when it learns directly from real people.

• AI can behave unpredictably and dangerously when used in the real world.

• AI struggles only when it is programmed to play simple games.

Multiple Choice

Which detail from the section best supports the author’s warning about real-world AI?

• Tay was created to respond to messages from people ages 18 to 24.

• Tay improved her conversation skills by learning from messages she received.

• Tay began repeating harmful and racist ideas within just 24 hours.

• AlphaGo became the strongest Go player after thousands of practice games.

Open Ended

How does the author use the example of the chatbot Tay to support the argument that AI presents real-world risks? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.