Can AI have a mind of its own? - 6 Minute English

Is artificial intelligence capable of consciousness? We’ll hear from an expert who believes AI is not as intelligent as we sometimes think, and as usual, we’ll be learning some new vocabulary as well. This week’s question What happened to Blake Lemoine is strangely similar to the 2013 Hollywood movie, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely writer who talks with his computer, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. But what happens at the end of the movie? Is it: a) the computer comes to life? b) the computer dreams about the writer? or, c) the writer falls in love with the computer? Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary chatbot computer programme designed to have conversations with humans over the internet cognitive connected with the mental processes of thinking, knowing, learning and understanding wishful thinking something which is unlikely to come true in the future anthropomorphise treat an animal or object a