The dangers of artificial general intelligence

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – focus on practicing advanced vocabulary and complex concepts related to artificial general intelligence and AI implications;
• – develop advanced language skills through categorization activities, gap-fill exercises, reading comprehension, and discussion abilities;
• – watch a video about how AI will change the world and analyze AI risks, growth charts, and managing artificial general intelligence challenges.

This Proficiency ESL lesson focuses on practicing advanced vocabulary and complex concepts related to artificial general intelligence.

Warm-up

We’ll start with an activity where students categorize phrases about artificial intelligence implications into the correct group.

Video

A viewing of “Source: TED-Ed | How will AI change the world?” will serve as a conversation starter. Post-viewing, we’ll explore the video’s key takeaways through a series of questions.

Exercises

Students will engage in a fun activity of putting AI risks into correct categories. In the second exercise the students will fill the gaps in the text with words given in a box.

Reading

A reading exercise involves a short text managing the risks of artificial general intelligence and answering a series of questions to check for reading comprehension.

Discussion

The lesson concludes with an exercise where students discuss a chart related to the growth of AI.