VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

I think I didn’t make progress as I expected because it is more like small talk.  / I haven’t progressed as quickly as I expected
Every course is their first course, but for me it is the third.

When you mention AI the first thing that comes to mind is chatGPT.
We have published/posted 2 articles on our official account.
It is a simple introduction about ChatGPT. For me I have seen some people practice their English with ChatGPT. I found that on XHS.

In that article my colleague told the changes it will make on consulting and on healthcare consulting.
Some companies began to combine AI with traditional medicine.
They created AI robots so that the doctors can make a diagnosis with the robot. / doctors can diagnose symptoms together with robots

Now it is internet hospitals, they have discussed possibilities.
In China when you see a doctor you have to take a number for this doctor and you have to go to the hospital but now with internet hospitals you can take the ticket online and you can express symptoms and your demands to the doctor.

I think it more makes sense to those people who go to the hospital to , not people who first go to the hospital -> I think it makes more sense for people who are regular patients of a doctor  / it only makes sense for patients a doctor already knows.

The consulting work includes research, interviews and making a presentation.
I think AI may be more helpful to do desk research or make/prepare/design a PPT

for the the interview it cannot help 

it can replace some consultants, in this areas many consultants do the simple, they just repeat the work without thinking. -> many consultants do simple and repetitive tasks  and AI will replace those
But for higher level, they are doing the thinking work so I think AI maybe cannot do this -> I don’t think AI can do this / I don’t think AI can be implemented at a high level.

I think it will happen not far -> it is not far in the future / it is not far from us / we are 5 years away from an AI world
I think maybe it is decided by the situation of countries. / by the political factor

Politics is the most important factor on this tech.

if the situation gets worse the AI will develop faster
People need new things to make productivity -> people need to find ways to increase productivity / to become more productive

It is a new thing, it should compare to gas and traditional energies. It is a new energy

Countries developed by relying on oil and electricity but now it should be AI / AI will be the new driver to increase development

AI may combine with 5G and make more productivity -> increase productivity / generate more productivity.

I have read that a consulting firm they reduced their employee number

they fired those employees but they recruited new consultants. -> they laid off some employees but replaced them by consultant knowledgeable about AI.
Those have knowledge about AI and modern technology.

China has so many college students
There are always some people who are you much younger than you.
It is so competitive. That is why my colleagues want to go to Japan or the US.
It is less competitive there.
I think people shouldn’t make comparisons with others but just with themselves  / we shouldn’t make comparisons with others but just with ourselves.

they are richer than me, they can go abroad but I just stay in China. That doesn’t make me jealous.  / I am not jealous of them.
I live a much better life than my childhood  / it is already better than my childhood.

Vocabulary

transcript (n) text of everything that was spoken
AI will generate the transcript for our meeting

to diagnose (v)
He diagnosed the patient

diagnosis (n)
He didn’t trust the diagnosis so he asked to be examined by a second doctor

early adopter (n) people who start to use a new tech early
Early adopters are already using AI

to lag (v) being late compared to the modern world  / being very low
My computer is lagging, maybe the internet is not stable

fire (v) get rid of an employee usually due to a fault
Tom was fired for leaking information to another company

to lay off (v) standard way of describing a company removing employees
Microsoft decided to lay off 10,000 people

employ (v)
PwC employs 10,000 people

employee (n) people working for a company
PwC has 10,000 employees in China

employer (n) company / the one giving jobs
My employer is PwC

industrial revolution (n) when countries modernized and became more productive thanks to factories

productivity (n)
Robots increase the productivity of the factory

productive (adj)
AI will make us more productive

politics (n)
The world is ruled by politics

higher level (n) from a strategy point of view
The CEO has a higher level perspective on AI

lower level (n) implementation / day to day
Bank tellers are more familiar with the lower level implementation of the policy

repetitive (adj) which is repeated
I don’t like repetitive work

helpless (adj) discouraged
Tom felt helpless when he lost his job

Pronunciation

college

colleague

fire (i)

account

combine

whole

diagnosis

Grammar

have + past particle
they have done it

I think not -> I don’t think

read (read read(red) read(red))
I have read this book

comparative

short word (2 syllables or less) -> word +r/er
cheap-> cheaper

Long word (2 syllables or more) -> more + word
expensive -> more expensive

use much to emphasize
Hongmi phones are much cheaper than iphones