Can AI have a mind of its own? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

🤩🤩🤩🤖 Is artificial intelligence capable of consciousness? We’ll hear from an expert who believes AI is not as intelligent as we sometimes think, and as usual, we’ll be learning some new vocabulary as well. This week’s question: What happened to Blake Lemoine is strangely similar to the 2013 Hollywood movie, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely writer who talks with his computer, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. But what happens at the end of the movie? a) The computer comes to life. b) The computer dreams about the writer. c) The writer falls in love with the computer. Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary: ✔️chatbot - computer programme designed to have conversations with humans over the internet ✔️cognitive - connected with the mental processes of thinking, knowing, learning and understanding ✔️wishful thinking - something which is unlikely to come true in the future ✔️anthropomorphise - treat an animal or object as if it were human ✔️blindsided - unpleasantly surprised ✔️get/be taken in (by someone) - be deceived or tricked by someone [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and text here 👉 More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐3D printers 👉 ⭐Are opinion polls accurate? 👉 ⭐Deep-sea mining 👉 ⭐Can music mend a broken heart? 👉 ⭐The art of conversation 👉 ⭐Qatar’s World Cup workers 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos to help you improve your English: Visit our website 👉 Find us on Instagram 👉 Find us on Twitter 👉 Follow us on Facebook 👉 Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish #artificialintelligence #learnenglish #englishvocabulary