UNIT 10: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
My name‿ is Tom,│ and‿ I have used‿ artificial‿ intelligence‿ at work for two years. It writes the firs(t) version‿ of my reports,│ it translates documents‿ into Spanish,│ and‿ it finds‿ information‿ in seconds. I have never worked faster.
It‿ is not‿ always‿ accurate. Las(t) week,│ my program translated "bank" as‿ a place nex(t) to a river,│ and‿ in‿ a contrac(t) that mistake could cos(t) thousands. So I read‿ everything‿ it produces,│ and‿ I never rely on‿ it for numbers. What surprises me is how quickly I became dependent‿ on‿ it. When the system was down for‿ a day,│ I realised‿ I had forgotten how to start‿ a report‿ alone.
Some colleagues worry about job losses,│ and‿ I understan(d) why. Routine work will disappear,│ an(d) the people│ who do it will need training. Others say we should slow down│ an(d) write betterbe-der regulation;│ the technology is moving faster than‿ our laws. I am somewhere‿ in the middle. AI is‿ a tool,│ an(d) like‿ every tool,│ it will make some people more productive│ an(d) leave‿ others behind. My mother,│ who is seventyseven-dy,│ has one question:│ could‿ it make my skills‿ outdated? The honest‿ answer‿ is yes,│ unless‿ I keep learning.