The dangers of artificial general intelligence

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.