Listening: How AI Narrows Our Choices

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B2 | Listening from video | 11 min

Watch the video (3:15 - 7:48). You can watch more than once, then answer the questions.

Why does AI tend to avoid risk, according to the speaker?

____ Its algorithm is built to be afraid of mistakes.____ It is trained to reward short-term engagement and satisfaction.____ Companies are not allowed to let it try new things.

A NUMBER from the video.

If ____ percent of people prefer pralines and cream, the AI will recommend it.

Why do companies prefer safe recommendations from their AI?

____ Safe bets protect against disappointment and keep customers.____ Safe bets cost less money to program.____ Safe bets teach people about new tastes.

The speaker thinks that rewarding AI for exploitation is never useful.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

ONE WORD from the video.

Netflix gives people more than 5,500 ____ to choose from.

What did the speaker's first experiment with ChatGPT show?

____ It suggested a wide variety of flavors.____ It gave a different flavor to each new customer.____ It mostly suggested the same two popular flavors.

A NUMBER from the video.

Out of 100 requests, ChatGPT recommended one of the two top flavors ____ times.

People who use AI for guidance become less happy.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

In the second experiment, what did ChatGPT choose for the next 100 visits?

____ Nutty coconut about 70 times and others 30 times____ Nutty coconut every single time____ A new flavor on each visit

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