Robots suck! 🤖🤛

English Made Simple by ChatBubble

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Daniel Tanner
July 29, 2023

English made simple

Hi English learners! 👋 

Welcome back to English made simple by ChatBubble. A weekly collection of activities and games to improve your English.

These days, it seems that every time I switch on the TV or read the news, there’s a lot of excitement about some new A.I. (=artificial intelligence) platform, like ChatGPT or Google’s Bard, or some other news about frighteningly human-like robots…like this one (wait for the smile at the end).

While I do agree that this technology will have a massive impact on our everyday lives (potentially both good and bad, let’s wait and see 😬 ), right now, I’m sick of hearing about it.

So, in today’s edition, with a collection of games and activities, we’ll aim to prove that humans rule and robots suck! (=are rubbish, not good - informal slang)

After all, they can still be pretty stupid… 🍌 

Can you beat the computer? 🎲 

This game is very similar to Scrabble. However, this time you won’t be playing against your grandma. You’ll play against the computer! Come one, show it who’s boss (choose the easy level 😜 ).

The internet without computers ✌️🎲 

Imagine accessing the internet with just your hands. Read the article and choose the correct words to complete it. Can you get all 8 correct? 📊 B2 level

'Horrifying!': Movie critic reacts to A.I. films 📖 

Filmmakers are using A.I. to generate short films and adverts. But are they any good? What do the critics say?

Listen to why some writers’ don’t like A.I. Companies 🎧️ 👀 

Read the transcript while you listen and try to find 5 new words you didn’t know. ⏱️ 30 mins 📊 B2

Congratulations! You’ve just taken one more step towards English fluency.

So, what’s the verdict? (=final opinion) Are humans superior to robots? Hmm, just to be safe, it’s probably best to prepare to bow down to our robot masters 🙌 

Send me a 👍️ if you enjoyed this ChatBubble, and I’ll see you next week.

Dan @ ChatBubble

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