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Lesson goals
Lesson goals
Build upon what you know about topic sentences, the Turing test, and Asimov's three laws by using those ideas in writing
Lesson activities
Lesson activities
Jeopardy Game
Vocabulary Exercise
Writing Exercise
Jeopardy Game
Jeopardy Game
🕒~20 minutes ✍️ Discuss and Answer 🎯Reiforce learning
How to play Jeopardy:
You will be randomised into teams
Teams are presented trivia clues phrased as answers
You must write your answer on your whiteboard
You must respond in the form of a question that correctly identifies whatever the clue is describing
Vocabulary Exercise
Vocabulary Exercise
🕒~20 minutes ✍️ Correct Synonyms 🎯Vocabulary and Writing Skills
On your worksheet is a list of words and synonyms from What is the Turing test? article. Some pairs are correct, while others are incorrect.
Identify the incorrect pairs and write the correct synonym next to them.
Choose five words from the list on the first page and develop your understanding of their synonyms from by writing weaker and stronger meanings. (Use the internet if needed)
Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) using at least three of the words correctly in context about AI. Share with a classmate once done!
Answer Key
Answer Key
overlords → weak leaders ❌ → For example, powerful rulers
pledge fealty → swear loyalty ✅
doom → Fortune ❌ For example, destruction
rudimentary → advanced ❌ → For example, basic
interlocutor → writer ❌
arbitrary → random ✅
gold standard → worst example ❌ → For example, best example
futurologist → historian ❌ → For example, future expert
stumbling block → obstacle ✅
simulate → imitate ✅
affectation → unnatural ✅
plausible → believable ✅
reinforce → weaken ❌ → For example, strengthen
application → use ✅
phishing → online scam ✅
algorithm → computer steps ✅
foibles → big mistakes ❌ → For example, small flaws
quirks → unique habits ✅
output → result ✅
endow → take away ❌ → For example, give
Writing Exercise
Writing Exercise
🕒~40 minutes ✍️ Write @ Exam 🎯Writing Skills
🕒~40 minutes
✍️ Write @ Exam.net
🎯Writing Skills
Write a short text (150–200 words) discussing how the Turing Test or Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics relate to the future of artificial intelligence.
Use (some or any of) the guiding questions and language support below to help you structure your text:
What is the Turing Test, and why is it important today?
Do you think modern AI can pass the Turing Test? Why or why not?
What are Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics trying to prevent?
Do you think these laws would be enough to keep humans safe in the future?
How do you imagine AI will develop over the next 20–30 years?
Sentence Starters
In my opinion,…
One reason for this is…
Some people believe… while others argue…
A possible problem could be…
In the future, AI might…
🕒~2 lesson and after school
✍️ Watch and Listen
🎯Listening and Discussion Skills
The Time Machine is a foundational work of science fiction that begins with a curious Victorian inventor who proposes an audacious idea: time is simply another dimension one can travel through. Framed by a gathering of skeptical dinner guests, the story follows his bold leap into the distant future, where humanity has transformed in ways both intriguing and unsettling.
https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/wells/timemach/timemach.pdf
During Lesson AMF-3 you will continue to read your text and then write a larger, detailed summary:
Summarise the main events of the novel
What, do you believe, is the author's message about the future?
What does the book predict about the ultimate legacy of mankind?
🕒~40 minutes
✍️ Read the short story
🎯Reading Skills
Write a text (200–300 words) where your reflect upon the usefulness of either the Turing Test or Asimov’s Three Laws.
Evaluate whether the Turing Test is still a meaningful measure of machine intelligence in the age of advanced AI.
You can use the points below to get started:
Is the Turing Test still a meaningful measure of machine intelligence in the age of advanced AI? Why?
Are Asimov’s Three Laws relevant when thinking about real-world AI and robotics development?
Or, create your own three laws
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