Day 4 - Artificial Intelligence

One important skill when learning a new language is the ability to use it for scientific purposes. Today's lesson will provide the students with a broad range of academic vocabulary and phrases to enhance their fluency. In the grammar section, the students will learn about noun clauses, followed by a discussion to conclude the lesson.

Grammar: Relative clauses are necessary for creating complex sentences and must be well understood. Today's grammar lesson will focus on these clauses and their rules and functions.

Reading: Undoubtedly, AI is the trend of the century. However, what do we really know about it? The following article explains in detail and provides the essential vocabulary to discuss AI: هوش مصنوعی چیست؟ – به زبان ساده + مسیر یادگیری

Listening: “Pargar” – a talk show by BBC Persian – features a debate on AI and the future of the world: هوش مصنوعی و آینده ما- پرگار

Conversation Topic: Do you see artificial intelligence as a threat or an opportunity? To what extent it might change the future?

Homework:
- Transcribe 3 minutes of the video.
- Compose ten sentences with the new words.
- Write an essay and explain your thoughts about the future of the world (500 words).

Vocabulary:

Persian Transcription English
هوش مصنوعی huš-e masnu'i Artificial Intelligence
توانایی tavānāyi ability
هوشمند hušmand smart
تلقی شدن talaqi šodan to be considered
آموزش دیدن āmuzeš didan to be trained
ذخیره کردن zaxire kardan to save, to store
تصمیم‌ گیری tasmimgiri decision-making
مدل‌های ریاضی modelhā-ye riyāzi mathematical models
داده‌ dāde data
توسعه touse'e development
رفته رفته rafte-rafte gradually
بهبود دادن behbud dādan to improve
قابلیت qābeliyyat capability, ability
تقلید taqlid imitation
عملکرد 'amalkard function
حل مسئله hall-e mas'ale problem-solving
شبیه‌ سازی šabihsāzi logic, reason 
منطق manteq reasoning, argumentation
استدلال estedlāl simulation
انسانگونه ensāngune humanoid
توصیه tousiye recommendation
در حالی dar hāli while
زیرمجموعه zirmajmu'e subset, subcategory
درک متقابل dark-e motaqābel mutual understanding
تقلب taqallob fraud, deception, cheating