1、Unit 4 Living with technologyWelcome to the unit & Reading (I)introductionconclusionWhat is included in the introduction to an expository essay?Artificial intelligence: friendly or frightening? Imagine waking up one morning with the option of staying in bed and pressing a button to send a robot to d
2、o all the work for you. AI, is being developed, in the future such dreams may actually come true.The concepts, explanations, and any argumentsThe concept and explanation of AI: artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that aims to develop intelligent machines (Para. 2)Arguments: Would
3、 thinking machines work alongside humans or threaten the existence of humans? How would they be punished if they committed crimes or even murdered humans? (Para. 5)Five text structures1. Compare and contrast2. Sequence3. Simple description4. Cause and effect5. Problem and potential solution1. Compar
4、e and contrastDeep-learning AI has the capacity to analyse massive amounts of data through multiple layers, imitating the complex networks of the human brain. (Para. 2)2. SequenceThree types of Sequence: steps, timeline, and cycle.The dream of AI has been around for centuries, and the development of
5、 computers since the 1940s has finally made it a reality in the mid-1950s A major breakthrough in AI came in 1997, Then in 2017, AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, (Para. 3)All the facts in timeline: 3. Simple descriptionFrom autonomous vehicles to domestic robots, from recommendation systems to computers wri
6、ting novels, AI has an unlimited number of applications (Para. 4)4. Cause and effect2017 AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go playerDo thinking machines threaten the existence of humans?5. Problem and potential solution we should not be too greedy and rather be careful what we wish fo
7、r! (Para. 6 )How is the conclusion constructed?We may still think it would be fantastic to relax all day and allow autonomous machines to do all the work for us. (Para. 6) Structure of an expository essayIntroduction Body1. Compare and contrast2. Sequence3. Description 4. Cause and effect5. Problem and solution Conclusion
