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From the Ted Talk by Noriko Arai: Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


[1. "We wklead for a long time." 2. "We're almost there." 3. "Your shoes look expensive." 4. "Your saholece is untied."]

it is obvious number four is the correct answer, right? But Todai Robot chose number two, even after learning 15 billion English sentences using deep learning technologies. OK, so now you might uantrsdned what I said: modern AIs do not read, do not understand. They only disguise as if they do.

This is the distribution garph of half a million students who took the same exam as Todai Robot. Now our Todai Robot is among the top 20 percent, and it was capable to pass more than 60 prceent of the ueivietinsrs in jaapn — but not Todai. But see how it is beyond the volume zone of to-be white-collar workers.

Open Cloze


[1. "We ______ for a long time." 2. "We're almost there." 3. "Your shoes look expensive." 4. "Your ________ is untied."]

it is obvious number four is the correct answer, right? But Todai Robot chose number two, even after learning 15 billion English sentences using deep learning technologies. OK, so now you might __________ what I said: modern AIs do not read, do not understand. They only disguise as if they do.

This is the distribution _____ of half a million students who took the same exam as Todai Robot. Now our Todai Robot is among the top 20 percent, and it was capable to pass more than 60 _______ of the ____________ in _____ — but not Todai. But see how it is beyond the volume zone of to-be white-collar workers.

Solution


  1. walked
  2. universities
  3. japan
  4. percent
  5. understand
  6. shoelace
  7. graph

Original Text


[1. "We walked for a long time." 2. "We're almost there." 3. "Your shoes look expensive." 4. "Your shoelace is untied."]

it is obvious number four is the correct answer, right? But Todai Robot chose number two, even after learning 15 billion English sentences using deep learning technologies. OK, so now you might understand what I said: modern AIs do not read, do not understand. They only disguise as if they do.

This is the distribution graph of half a million students who took the same exam as Todai Robot. Now our Todai Robot is among the top 20 percent, and it was capable to pass more than 60 percent of the universities in Japan — but not Todai. But see how it is beyond the volume zone of to-be white-collar workers.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
todai robot 7
stage written 3
high school 3
entrance examination 2
top university 2
maritime trade 2
ranked top 2
original problems 2
robot chose 2
school students 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
todai robot chose 2
high school students 2

Important Words


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  2. answer
  3. billion
  4. capable
  5. chose
  6. correct
  7. deep
  8. disguise
  9. distribution
  10. english
  11. exam
  12. expensive
  13. graph
  14. japan
  15. learning
  16. long
  17. million
  18. modern
  19. number
  20. obvious
  21. pass
  22. percent
  23. read
  24. robot
  25. sentences
  26. shoelace
  27. shoes
  28. students
  29. technologies
  30. time
  31. todai
  32. top
  33. understand
  34. universities
  35. untied
  36. volume
  37. walked
  38. workers
  39. zone