Academic Reading: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Key Strategies:

This passage explores the ethical implications of AI development, including bias in machine learning algorithms and the debate over autonomous decision-making.

Question 27: Matching Headings

Answer: ii — The ethical dilemmas of automation

The paragraph discusses how self-driving cars must make split-second moral choices, referencing the classic trolley problem in a modern context.

Question 28: Multiple Choice

Answer: C — Algorithmic bias reflects training data limitations

The author argues that AI systems inherit prejudices from their training datasets, not from any inherent flaw in the technology itself.

Question 29-33: True/False/Not Given

29. TRUE — AI regulation varies significantly between countries.
30. FALSE — All AI systems can explain their decisions transparently.
31. NOT GIVEN — The passage mentions specific AI companies by name.