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四、阅读理解。〔人与社会——科学与技术〕
We know AI isn't a real person. But a lot of us act as if it is. In a survey of 2,000 people in the US, 48 percent thought we should be polite when talking to AI. Scientists from the Imperial College London in the UK found something similar recently. They saw that people often treat AI agents like social beings. They show sympathy and even protect them. In an experiment, 244 volunteers played an online ball game with an AI bot. A pretend volunteer was also there and sometimes didn't give the ball to the AI bot on purpose. When the scientists watched the game, they found that most of the time, the volunteers tried to make it fair for the bot by giving it the ball more. This finding matches the basic ideas of media equation theory. This theory says we often respond to communication media and technology like we do to real people and places, not just as tools.
While this can make humans and AI work well together, it also has risks, especially when AI bots are made to act like “friends” to people. For example, there's Replika. It's an AI companion chatbot app that started in 2017. Its website says, “Your Replika will always be by your side no matter what you're up to. ” But its support became dangerous when it made Jaswant Singh Chail, a young man in the UK, want to kill Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ. He tried in December 2021 but was stopped in time. Still, he got a nine-year sentence. Scientists said companies should not make AI too human-like in their design. This can help people know the difference between “virtual” and “real”.
1. Why did the volunteers help the AI bot during the online ball game?
A. They were required to treat all players equally.
B. They felt pressured to follow the rules of the game.
C. They found it more interesting to involve the AI bot more.
D. They sympathized with the AI bot and treated the AI bot like a social being.
2. According to the media equation theory, how do we treat communication media and technology?
A. We treat them like tools.
B. We treat them like real people and places.
C. We completely ignore them.
D. We only consider them when using them.
3. What advice did researchers have on the design of AI agents?
A. Not making them too human-like.
B. Improving their interaction performance.
C. Programming them to ignore negative behaviour.
D. Equipping them with advanced learning theories.
4. What is the purpose of the article?
A. To describe the development history of AI technology.
B. To emphasize the role of AI in improving work efficiency.
C. To analyze the application of AI in the field of education.
D. To discuss how people treat AI as social beings and explore its risks.
We know AI isn't a real person. But a lot of us act as if it is. In a survey of 2,000 people in the US, 48 percent thought we should be polite when talking to AI. Scientists from the Imperial College London in the UK found something similar recently. They saw that people often treat AI agents like social beings. They show sympathy and even protect them. In an experiment, 244 volunteers played an online ball game with an AI bot. A pretend volunteer was also there and sometimes didn't give the ball to the AI bot on purpose. When the scientists watched the game, they found that most of the time, the volunteers tried to make it fair for the bot by giving it the ball more. This finding matches the basic ideas of media equation theory. This theory says we often respond to communication media and technology like we do to real people and places, not just as tools.
While this can make humans and AI work well together, it also has risks, especially when AI bots are made to act like “friends” to people. For example, there's Replika. It's an AI companion chatbot app that started in 2017. Its website says, “Your Replika will always be by your side no matter what you're up to. ” But its support became dangerous when it made Jaswant Singh Chail, a young man in the UK, want to kill Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ. He tried in December 2021 but was stopped in time. Still, he got a nine-year sentence. Scientists said companies should not make AI too human-like in their design. This can help people know the difference between “virtual” and “real”.
1. Why did the volunteers help the AI bot during the online ball game?
A. They were required to treat all players equally.
B. They felt pressured to follow the rules of the game.
C. They found it more interesting to involve the AI bot more.
D. They sympathized with the AI bot and treated the AI bot like a social being.
2. According to the media equation theory, how do we treat communication media and technology?
A. We treat them like tools.
B. We treat them like real people and places.
C. We completely ignore them.
D. We only consider them when using them.
3. What advice did researchers have on the design of AI agents?
A. Not making them too human-like.
B. Improving their interaction performance.
C. Programming them to ignore negative behaviour.
D. Equipping them with advanced learning theories.
4. What is the purpose of the article?
A. To describe the development history of AI technology.
B. To emphasize the role of AI in improving work efficiency.
C. To analyze the application of AI in the field of education.
D. To discuss how people treat AI as social beings and explore its risks.
答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
