English course on new technologies

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

• 3 big changes

1. Industrial revolution

People lost their jobs but other jobs were created > factories, machines

1. Internet

Big reaction: everybody thought they were about to lose their job or become lazy and stop thinking

1. Artificial intelligence

We thought we would be lazy and stop thinking

Chat GPT can give us a schedule (= planning)

Jobs that have been replaced by robots:

Cashier, delivery drones, secretaries, waiter, fast food workers

That will be replaced by robots:

Taxi driver, banker, accountant, delivery drivers (autonomous vehicles), teachers, surgeon,

That have been created for this generation:

Content creator, software creator, cybersecurity, community manager

Summarize in English – Video :

This is a video from BBC News, Washington, David Botit.

The subject is the consequences of robots taking our jobs.

1900 experts say robots will replace jobs but humans will find solutions

The other half are not optimistic, there will be a lot of unemployment

Examples of jobs that will be replaced: secretaries, bank tellers, cashiers, proof readers

Examples of jobs that will not be replaced: teachers, athletes, curators, fire fighters

Teach your kids to master the pitch not the keyboard

31/10 – Video / travail de groupe

Against

“Rethinking social development with Moxie, a robot companion for kids”

Engaging with peers to develop social skills, child’s development

Moxie, animate robot develop by a company in California

Moxie is a small animated robot, launched last year

Life animated character

Using fluid conversation, realistic eye contact, body language to build a relationship

Best invention of 2020 by a magazine

Benefit society in ways never done before

Emotional, social development for kids

Ibn practical, concrete terms, builds a relationship, understanding the emotions, deal with their different states of mind

Child development specialist : it’s a tool that helps us being more successful in society

Share difficult moments, not being judjmental, how to navigate those difficulties

Data protection, security concerns

Neuroevelopment challeng

Label emotions

Regulate emotions by understanding them

Microphone, vcamera, sensors

Bad side effects, the robot is supposed to interact with the kids in a non-judgmental way, which in our opinion wouldn’t help children to cope with their own emotions. In fact, if children share their emotions with Moxie, the robot will not act in a natural way, cause it doesn’t have the social code that humans have. Moxie has been created to develop emotional and social skills, but I’m afraid the opposite will happen