MIND, BRAIN, HEAD, MEMORY, INTELLIGENCE

What do you think about those who are too clever by _HALF_________?

What should be done with students who are a bit slow __ON______ the uptake?

Has it ever __CROSSED_______ your mind to live abroad permanently?

Do you like doing __BRAIN________ teasers? What´s your favourite?

Are good all-rounders usually ______QUICK____-witted people?

Do you tend to _OPEN_______ your mind when you´re with friends?

What do you do to ____TAKE______ your mind off the worries you have?

Are you good at thinking ___ON_______ your feet?

Does your mind tend to _GO______ blank in exams?

Can you think of a film with mind-___blowing_____ special effects?

Do you have a good ___HEAD____ for numbers?

Do you know anybody who´s ___ALL______brawn and no brain?

Do you have a brain ___LIKE_____ a sieve? Or rather your memory is excellent?

Do you tend to keep an open ___MIND_____ to new ideas?

Do you tend to spend time taking a walk ___DOWN_____ memory lane?

Do you tend to sleep __over______ problems and weigh up possible solutions or you´d rather
give an answer off the ________?

If a face or a name doesn´t ring a __BELL______, what do you tend to do?

When have you last been all at _SEA________ with something?

Deciding to live abroad would be a complete _no________-brainer to me. True or False?

When did you last have to ___SIEVE_____ your brains? What about?

Do you tend to ____PUT____ your head in the sand?

What do you do to commit things __to_______ memory?

Are you always in the right ____frame_____ of mind to do some studying these days?

What do you do to __ENHANCE_______ your memory?

Are you good at calculations off the ___MEMORY______ of your head?

Barça is head and shoulders ____ON____ Espanyol. T or F?

What it would be __like_______ to become an amnesiac?

Do you have a dim or a ____vivid___ recollection of your childhood years?

When were you last in two ____mind_____ about something?

When did you last put/set your mind __THROUGH______ anything?

Does any gadget at home have a mind ____of______ its own? Why do you say so?

Which date is etched _________ your memory? Why?

When studying for an exam you’d much rather do some last-__MINUTE______ cramming or
burn the midnight _LAMP________?

Tell us about a situation in which you were out of your mind ____WITH___ worry?

Anybody with half a __brain_______ undoubtedly keeps social distancing these days. Is it
happening?

Do you consider to have a good head ______ON___ your shoulders?

Do small things tend to slip your mind?

Is AI a good thing?

I would never commit a serious crime. I wouldn´t have ________ of mind. T or F?

Those who have a high IQ do not usually have problems to start social relationships. T or F?

Listen to this interview on AI and robotics . If you access the first link (no subtitles) ; if you do
so with the second (it´s a youtube video, so subtitles available). It´s up to you…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05kgq78 (BBC podcast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5cW76iRDpo (YouTube video)

Once you´ve heard it, write down a summary of each question Alan is asked.

HARDtalk with Alan Winfield (without subtitles)

1st question,

What’s de most important for you, the engineering, the robotics or ethics being an ethicist?
Alan says he’s an engineer so that he brings an engineering’s perspective about it. However,

Nowadays half of his work is thinking about. He becomes worried about this matter.

2nd question,

Can you define intelligence?

According to Alan, AI (Artificial Intelligence) doesn’t have a satisfactory definition for the
natural intelligence, but we can define intelligence as “doing the right thing at the right time”.
Nevertheless, intelligence is not only one thing we have but more.

3rd question,

Definition of thinking.

It is a anthropomorphization or humanization of the word intelligence, that’s why is a

dangerous word. Intelligence has nothing to do with conscious reflective thoughts. Many years
ago, we didn’t expect AI can play relatively well board games as Chess, but something as easy
as having a cup of tea or coffee the has become really difficult. Alpha zero is an example of a
new machine based on a sort of artificial neuronal network. It cans beat any grandmaster
chess player, even can play a Chinese game, a game which is more difficult rather than chess.
But according with Alan has nothing to do with Human Thoughts but loads of data and rules in
which the machine can go over and over again. It is pure calculation.

4th question,

Human brain.

Alan tell us that the human brain is the most complex mechanism we know in the universe. In
a not long time period, human will be able to design devices similar to human brains, even
working into a human body. The main problem is the architecture or design of our brain, by far
the most complex issue to achieve the project.

5th question,

Other point of view about AI.

Alan differs from one colleague’s statement about if we are under threat of AI. Alan says,
neither we understand what natural intelligence is nor we have a scientific theory. In order to
avoid problems all research must be done ethically.

6th question,

Driverless cars.
Driverless cars is said to be a breakthrough in the near future. Alan point out that on the one
hand can help to decrease people killed in car’s accidents and on the other hand elderly and
disable people will be able to driver safely. Despite the fact that in some situations driverless
car’s AI must take the right decision over a hypothetical car’s accident which involves people,
Alan point out there in no differences between this decision and human’s decisions. New rules
must be fitted in this cases. He compares driverless car’s autopilot with the ones in aircrafts.
In his owns words, both should be subject to the same levels of complains with safety
standards.

7th question

Can machines take over human beings?

In his opinion, it won’t happen because peculiar human’s characteristics as empathy, sympathy
innovation intuition etc. Therefore, jobs in which these skills are needed wouldn’t be in
danger. Speaking about the concern of using A.I in warfare or other matters, he thinks this is
an unlikely event. What makes attractive science- fiction is the fear and fascination.