2018 报刊英语阅读Unit 2 Text A Why No Job is Safe from the Rise of the Robots.pptx

Unit 2 Technology Text A Who No Job is Safe from the Rise of the Robots Contents Background Information1 Reading Comprehension and Text Analysis2 Difficult Sentences3 Exercises4 / Contents Background Information1 / As with its predecessor,?/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_HumankindSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Harari recounts the course of?history?while describing events and the individual human experience, along with ethical issues in relation to his historical survey. However,?Homo Deus?deals more with the abilities acquired by humans (/wiki/Homo_sapiensHomo sapiens) throughout its existence, and its evolution as the dominant species in the world. The book describes mankinds current abilities and achievements and attempts to paint an image of the future. Many philosophical issues are discussed, such as the?/wiki/Human_conditionhuman experience,?/wiki/Individualismindividualism, human?/wiki/Emotionemotion?and?/wiki/Consciousnessconsciousness.ContentsReading Comprehension and Text Analysis2 / Urgent Issue: Machines are coming for our lives. With famine, war and plague reined in, the next crucial question is : what will we do for a living? (Studies, statistics, citation….) Vulnerable jobs: truck driver, salespeople, soldiers, civil servants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, poets…. “useless class” ---- How to address that problem? Philosophical Issue: people don’t have meaning. The change of life patterns: reinvent oneself multiple times Why should we be worried according to Harari with the leaps in artificial intelligence? Because the leaps in artificial intelligence will soon make it possible for machines to do all sorts of jobs, just 20 percent unemployment can cause political and social upheaval. / 2. What will be one of the crucial questions in the near future since the great epidemics of the past - famine, plague and war - no longer control our lives? One of the crucial questions will be what we humans will do for a living, as art