F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Pronunciation

invent / IN-VEH-NT

Vocabulary

existential / exist / existential threat – something that could possible threaten or harm human existence or kill all humans

e.g. Is AI an existential threat to human life?

meme – internet language for an idea usually expressed in a simple picture with some writing that spreads really fast across the internet – a viral idea

e.g. There was a meme in America called “learn to code”.

authority – the ability and power to make decisions

e.g. The older woman didn’t respect Allan’s authority.

Grammar

Use “have worked” because…you still work there

e.g. I worked for my current company / I have worked for my current company

first work – second job

for my opinion / in my opinion / from my perspective

I have promoted three times / I have been promoted three times

if you want to promote / if you want to get promoted

Original

When you were young you have more energy, and know impressionable / easily influenced by your company or by your family, and you have more time to focus on your career development – you are willing to have some new challenges and try a lot of new things, and had the good memory to learn new things. Its the advantage of you to fast developed in your field.

Corrected

When you are young you have more energy, and are more impressionable / easily influence by your company or by your family, and you more time to focus on your career development – you are willing to take on new challenges and try a lot of new things / [open-minded, adventurous, ambitious] and have a good memory so that you can learn new things. It’s advantageous for you to develop quickly in your field.

Original

For me the first question – it’s possible to work t home in near future because just like me for my works I can work at any place, and we can use internet to communicate with your colleagues – and also we can have Skype phone and other communication tools to communicate with each other. Except one part of my work, besides I mean the training it’s mandatory must to face to face to increase the training quality – others I think I can work alone without any face-to-face.

Corrected

Regarding the first question / In reference to your first question – it’s possible to work from home in the near future because just like me for my job I can work anywhere / from any place, and we can use the internet to communicate with colleagues – also we can have Skype phone calls and use other communication tools to communicate with each other. Besides / expcept for one part of my work – training is mandatory – must be face to face to increase the training quality – for other tasks I think I can work alone with any face to face communication.

Original

Maybe I think AI can replace some simply work such as calculate the salary for employees, and a lot of easy things maybe can be replaced by AI – but maybe some jobs can’t replaced by AI such as arts. Maybe AI can be more outstanding than the lawyers or the others. Maybe some lawyer can only read 100 article each year but maybe its just one second to read and study the case. If human being can invite them they maybe have the knowledge to control them.

Corrected

Maybe I think AI can replace some simple work such as calculating the salary of employees, and a lot fo easy things maybe can be replaced by AI – but maybe some jobs can’t be replaced by AI such as the arts. Maybe AI can be more outstanding than the lawyers of the others. Maybe a lawyer can only read 100 articles each year but perhaps it takes just one second for the AI to read and study the same amount of cases / the case. If human beings can invent them, they should have the knowledge / the ability to control them.