Question

    People worry that developments in Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., will bring about a point in history when A. I. overtakes human intelligence, leading to an unimaginable revolution in human affairs. Or they wonder whether instead of our controlling artificial intelligence, it will control us.

The situation may not arise for hundreds of years to come, but this doesn’t mean we have nothing to worry about. On the contrary, The A. I. products that now exist are improving faster than most people realize and promise to fundamentally transform our world, not always for the better. They are only tools, not a competing form of intelligence. But they will reshape what work means and how wealth is created.

Unlike the Industrial Revolution and the Computer Revolution, the A. I. revolution is not taking certain jobs and replacing them with other jobs. Instead, it is believed to cause a wide - scale elimination of jobs -- mostly lower - paying jobs, but some higher - paying ones, too.

This transformation will result in enormous profits for the companies that develop A.I., as well as for the companies that adopt it. We are thus facing two developments that do not sit easily together; enormous wealth concentrated in relatively few hands and enormous numbers of people out of work. What is to be done?

Part of the answer will involve educating or retraining people in tasks A.I. tools aren’t good at. Artificial intelligence is poorly suited for jobs involving creativity, planning and “cross - field” thinking. But these skills are typically required by high - paying jobs that may be hard to retrain displaced workers to do. More promising are lower - paying jobs involving the “people skills” that A.I. lacks: social workers, barmen, doormen -- professions requiring human interaction. But how many barmen does a society really need?

The solution to the problem of mass unemployment will involve “service jobs of love.” These are jobs that A. I. cannot do, that society needs and that give people a sense of purpose. Examples include accompanying an older person to visit a doctor, helping at an orphanage and serving as a sponsor at charity organization. The volunteer service jobs of today, in other words, may turn into the real jobs of the future.

Other volunteer jobs may be higher - paying and professional, such as compassionate medial service providers. In all cases, people will be able to choose to work fewer hours than they do now.

1.In what aspect is the

A.I. revolution different from the Industrial or the Computer revolution?

A. The A.I. revolution will finally become one beyond human’s control.

B.A. I. is believed to lead to a point in history when it takes over human intelligence.

C.Higher - paying jobs will take the place of lower-paying ones in the A.I. revolution.

D.It may bring about mass unemployment to matter how much employees are paid.

2.The underlined word “promising” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _______.

A.promotional B.demanding

C.guaranteed D.potential

3.What does the author suggest in the face of the A.I. revolution?

A.It is sensible to encourage people to take volunteer jobs.

B.People should be instructed to do less demanding jobs.

C.The problem of job loss can be solved by creating lower-paying jobs.

D.Jobs requiring knowledge in different fields are suitable for displaced workers.

4.Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A.The A.I. Revolution Creates New Job Opportunities.

B.Challenges the A. I. Revolution Brings to Job Market.

C.A Double - edged Sword: the A.I. Revolution.

D.Interrelationship between A.I. and Unemployment.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了人工智能革命给就业市场带来的挑战以及应对办法。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Instead, it is believed to cause a wide - scale elimination of jobs -- mostly lower - paying jobs, but some higher - paying ones, too.”可知，与工业革命和计算机革命不同的是，人工智能革命被认为会导致大规模的失业——大部分是低收入的工作，但也有一些高收入的工作，故D项正确。

2.词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“Part of the answer will involve educating or retraining people in tasks A.I. tools aren’t good at. Artificial intelligence is poorly suited for jobs involving creativity, planning and “cross - field” thinking. But these skills are typically required by high - paying jobs that may be hard to retrain displaced workers to do.”可知，部分答案将涉及到在人工智能工具不擅长的任务中对人们进行教育或再培训，人工智能不适合从事创造性、计划性和“跨领域”思维的工作。但这些技能通常是高薪工作所需要的，而这些工作可能很难再培训失业工人，因此此处是说更有可能的是薪水较低的工作，包括A.I.缺乏的“人际交往技能”：社会工作者、酒吧招待、门卫——需要人际交往的职业，由此可知画线词词义为“可能的”，故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“The solution to the problem of mass unemployment will involve “service jobs of love.””可知，解决大规模失业问题的办法将涉及“爱的服务性工作”，再结合本段最后一句“The volunteer service jobs of today, in other words, may turn into the real jobs of the future.”可知，换言之，今天的志愿服务工作可能会变成未来真正的工作，由此可知，面对人工智能革命，作者认为鼓励人们从事志愿工作是明智的，故A项正确。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第四段中的“We are thus facing two developments that do not sit easily together; enormous wealth concentrated in relatively few hands and enormous numbers of people out of work. What is to be done?”可知，本文主要介绍了人工智能革命给就业市场带来的挑战以及应对办法，故B项正确。