Listening: How Does AI Learn?

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B1 | Listening from video | 9 min

How Does AI Learn?

Watch the whole video. You can watch more than once. Then answer the questions below. (4:00)

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the main idea of the video?

____ AI programs think about the world like people do.____ AI programs learn patterns from many examples.____ AI programs learn when people explain things to them.

2. What does the program do when its guess is wrong?

____ It makes a small change to itself.____ It asks a person for help.____ It starts again with new photos.

3. Why should a person check an AI answer that matters?

____ AI programs are too slow for big choices.____ AI programs only learn when people check them.____ A wrong answer can still sound sure.

True, False or Not Given? Choose Not Given if the video does not say.

4. The program practices for about one week before it is ready.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

5. The program can usually tell when one of its photos is marked wrongly.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

6. A program that only knows apple and banana may call a red ball an apple.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Complete each sentence with the words you hear.

ONE WORD from the video.

7. Each picture in the pile comes with a ____ of just one word, apple or banana.

ONE WORD from the video.

8. The more rounds it practices, the ____ its guesses become.

ONE WORD from the video.

9. Once the practice is over, in many systems the program ____ changing.

How Does AI Learn?

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