四川建筑职业技术学院 授课教案 Text B Are Computers Alive? . Introduction l Introductory Remarks Can computers think and behave intelligently like man? Can we create Al(artificial intelligence)? Such are the questions that have been asked time and again ever since the computers came into being. However, it is generally assumed that whatever intelligence is, it is one of the characteristics that man has while the computer is just a dumb machine which does only what it is told by its human programmer. The computer can never think and behave intelligently like man Nevertheless, the scientific study on the subject is still going and various approaches toward the question are being worked out People are now just waiting to see what are the answers that these approaches may give them, even though most of them know only too well that a machine is nothing but a machine 2. Introductory Questions Exercise 2 after reading the passage IL. Outline A. The Possibility People Are Reluctant to Be Faced with(Para. 1) The concept that computers might be capable of thought B. The Problems Arising in the Course of Peoples Speculation( Para. 2) 1. People do not know what the term"thought and thinking"really mean 2. Dreams which happen outside people's control are some type of mental experience 3. Higher mammals show complex brain activity in their brain C. The Conclusion(Para. 3) Computers have superior mental abilities to many life forms Ill. Detailed Study of the Text 1..and many observers have considered this aspect in connection with robots and and quite a few observers have associated this aspect with robots and computers aspect: a particular side of a many-sided situation, idea, plan, etc e.g. The training program covers every aspect of the job The rise in violent crime is one of the most worrying aspects of the current situation in connection with: concerning; with regard to e.g. The police are interviewing two men in connection with the jewel robbery The travel agents wrote to us in connection with our holiday bookin 2.... were closely linked to the question of whether computers could think. Some of the longtime worries about Al were related in people's mind to the question of whether computers were able to think四 川 建 筑 职 业 技 术 学 院 授 课 教 案 Text B Are Computers Alive? I. Introduction 1. Introductory Remarks Can computers think and behave intelligently like man? Can we create AI (artificial intelligence)? Such are the questions that have been asked time and again ever since the computers came into being. However, it is generally assumed that whatever intelligence is, it is one of the characteristics that man has; while the computer is just a dumb machine which does only what it is told by its human programmer. The computer can never think and behave intelligently like man. Nevertheless, the scientific study on the subject is still going and various approaches toward the question are being worked out. People are now just waiting to see what are the answers that these approaches may give them, even though most of them know only too well that a machine is nothing but a machine. 2. Introductory Questions Exercise 1 Exercise 2 after reading the passage II. Outline A. The Possibility People Are Reluctant to Be Faced with (Para. 1) The concept that computers might be capable of thought B. The Problems Arising in the Course of People's Speculation (Para. 2) 1. People do not know what the term "thought and thinking" really mean. 2. Dreams which happen outside people's control are some type of mental experience. 3. Higher mammals show complex brain activity in their brain. C. The Conclusion (Para. 3) Computers have superior mental abilities to many life forms. III. Detailed Study of the Text 1. .... and many observers have considered this aspect in connection with robots and computers: ... -- ... and quite a few observers have associated this aspect with robots and computers: ... aspect: a particular side of a many-sided situation, idea, plan, etc. e.g. The training program covers every aspect of the job. The rise in violent crime is one of the most worrying aspects of the current situation. in connection with: concerning; with regard to e.g. The police are interviewing two men in connection with the jewel robbery. The travel agents wrote to us in connection with our holiday booking. 2 .... were closely linked to the question of whether computers could think. -- Some of the longtime worries about AI were related in people's mind to the question of whether computers were able to think