AI – ARTISTIC INTELLIGENCE? MACHINE and ARTIST COLLABORATE THROUGH AI March 14
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1 Get creative Vocabulary Creativity; copying Grammar Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous Reading A blog Listening A podcast Speaking Discussing a problem Writing A review Presentations Using visuals Creativity is intelligence having fun. (Albert Einstein) What does the quote mean? Do you agree with it? Do you think intelligence and creativity are closely connected? Vocabulary Creativity 1 Read the text. Do you use any of the strategies in How to be the text? Do you use any other strategies when you’re thinking of new ideas? more creative 2 Match the meaning of the phrases in bold to the GET TIRED: A psychological study by Mareike Wieth words in blue in the text. and Rose Zacks found that the best ideas often 1 In the next 15 years, people could have their brains emerge when you’re feeling tired, and daydreaming zapped to make them more creative. promotes creativity. Some studies show that we are 2 Did you know that washing your hair with your eyes most productive at 2.55 pm, just after lunch, when we are feeling sleepy. So next time you get stuck, wait closed can awaken your other senses? until you’re tired – it may work for you! 3 We wanted a new idea for the design but didn’t come up with anything. Then a walk in the park inspired us. GET MOVING: The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, loved taking long walks. They used to help 4 Camila dreamed of being an athlete and she him dream up new ideas for products. A Stanford continued with her ambition until the end. University study found that walking can stimulate the 5 You shouldn’t spend so much time staring out of the brain and boost creativity by up to 60%. The study window and thinking about stuff! showed that walking is best for brainstorming and 6 My sister loves painting and she’s always thinking of exploring possibilities, rather than focused thinking. new ideas for her art. GET VISUAL: Carla Marie Williams was a teenager 7 In class today, we examined the idea of a world when she decided to focus on song writing and has without fossil fuels. followed it through to build a successful career. She has written songs for many famous singers, 8 I thought Greg would give up trying to learn the guitar including Beyoncé. When she gets inspiration for a but he continued with it. song she creates mood boards to visualise the ideas 9 During our debate, several interesting ideas came out. and emotions she wants to express. Carla has had 10 How do you come up with ideas for a new painting? highs and lows in her career but one thing remains constant – she sticks with it. 10 Unit 1 011954_Prospects SB2_1p.indb 10 29/10/2019 12:42 3 Complete the sentences with the correct AIM HIGHER Idioms connected with ideas form of the words and phrases in blue in the text on page 10. A Complete the text with the words in the box. 1 New ideas and trends are constantly box feet fl ash imagination loud train through the Internet and viral videos. The next time you fi nd yourself thinking out (1) , don’t 2 William’s question in history class a worry – you’re not crazy. It’s creative! Did you know that it may debate about the European Union. help you to think outside the (2) if you literally sit next to a 3 Has Max ever developed his crazy idea for a cardboard container? And ‘thinking on your (3) ’ means to new invention and ? make a quick decision. However, it’s been shown that ‘thinking 4 While I was writing my essay I got and on your back’ (lying down) helps people solve word puzzles couldn’t think of how to continue. better than when standing. It’s important to boost your natural 5 Charles Dickens used to ideas for creativity – you never know when you may need a (4) of many of his best stories while he was inspiration. If you’re a complex thinker, practise expressing your walking. thoughts in diff erent ways, so people can follow your (5) of thought. Learn to capture people’s (6) by surprising them 6 If you don’t it and practise every day, you’ll never become a successful tennis with something unusual, interesting or amazing. Did you know player. just telling people to ‘Be creative!’ boosts their creativity? 7 The company held a meeting to B Match the idioms in Ex A to the definitions 1–6. possibilities for new products. 1 a good idea that comes suddenly 8 We love working together as we get 2 understand someone’s thinking process from each other and come up with great ideas. 3 inspire people’s thoughts 9 The teacher caught Lucy when she 4 saying your thoughts was supposed to be doing her work. 5 have thoughts that are different to the mainstream 10 Looking at something green is a good way 6 deciding something quickly to your . CRITICAL THINKING 4 Work in small groups. You have two minutes to dream up as many uses for the object in the photo (a paper clip) as you can. What does the quote mean? Do you agree with it? Do you think intelligence and creativity are closely connected? How did you get on? Write 2–3 sentences: We managed to dream up … I / He / She had the inspiration to … I got stuck However, I / we stuck with it for / until … VIDEO documentary B Watch the video. Were any of your ideas from Ex A in the video? C Watch the video again. Answer the questions. 1 What is given as the criteria judges are looking for to select the winners? 2 Why does Dieynaba Dieng say she does “Speech”? 3 What does Emmanuel De la Rosa say is the best thing about “speech”? D In pairs, discuss the options. Speech & drama In what ways do you think Public speaking is a sport? How important do you think sessions of speech and drama A In pairs, talk about the questions. Make a are to boosting your creativity and helping you explore to note of your ideas. other possibilities? What skills do you need to be a great communicator? How valuable do you think the skills they learn in these sessions will be in later life? Why do you think it might be important for American, senior year, high school students to focus on speech and drama? Unit 1 11 011954_Prospects SB2_1p.indb 11 29/10/2019 12:42 Reading A blog VIDEO Quick clip Critical thinking A Watch the video. What advantages and disadvantages of digital technology does Sonny discuss? B Answer the questions. PH_12a: Photo – still from video 1 Have you ever used any of the Digital technology Sonny discusses? 2 Are you a creative person? If so, do you enjoy digital technology, or more conventional forms? 3 What can be done to stop people using digital technology for negative reasons? 1 Look at the photos and the title of the text 3 The tools that artists use don’t necessarily stimulate on page 13. What do you think the text will new art forms. be about? 4 The writer believes that AI-generated art is not really unique. 2 Read the text quickly and check your answers to Ex 1. How were the two pieces of art made? EXAM SKILL Multiple-choice questions (reading) 3 EXAM Read questions 1– 4 and the options First read the question and options and identify the key quickly. Then scan the text and choose the words. Then scan the text to find the part of the text that correct option (A, B, C or D). gives the answer and choose the correct option. 1 Why was the sale of the painting Edmond De Belamy historic? 5 EXAM Answer the questions in your own words. A It’s the first painting ever created using a neural 1 According to the text, how did Robbie Barrat train a network. neural network to create art? B It was the first AI portrait ever sold at auction. 2 What does Sougwen Chung’s video show? C Nobody had ever bought a similar portrait for so much money at an auction before. D No auction house had ever made free software to Words in context create art before. 6 Match the words in blue in the text on page 13 to 2 In the fourth paragraph the writer implies that … the definitions. A new technology will create a new style of art. 1 a group of plants or animals whose members all have B Artificial Intelligence will help humans to similar characteristics. evolve further. 2 very interested in something and wanting to know C all artists will use AI in the future. more about it D artistic creation will improve thanks to AI. 3 a sale where things are sold to the people who offer 3 Sougwen Chung’s robotic arms are the most money for them A controlled by the artist. 4 very simple in design B using their own movements. 5 complicated and advanced in design C copying the movements as she makes them. 6 a painting, drawing or photo of someone D working alone. 7 EXAM Find an expression in the text that means 4 According to the writer one way of judging the AI- ‘of the same quality as’ or ‘at the same level as’? produced art could be A the quality of the final work.