Q1. Scenario: Predict how AI will change the job market in the next decade. Which jobs are most at risk, and which might be created?
At risk: routine data entry, telemarketing, some customer service. Created: AI trainers, prompt engineers, ethics auditors, AI maintenance, and human-AI collaboration roles. Augmentation rather than full replacement is likely.
Q2. Scenario: What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? What are the main obstacles to achieving it?
AGI is AI that can perform any intellectual task as well as a human. Obstacles: common sense reasoning, transfer learning, energy efficiency, and lack of unified theoretical framework. Current deep learning is narrow.
Q3. Scenario: How might brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and AI converge in the future? Give a possible application.
BCIs can read neural signals; AI can decode them. Application: thought-controlled prosthetics, or AI-assisted communication for paralyzed individuals. Future could allow direct brain-to-internet connection.
Q4. Scenario: What is the role of AI in addressing climate change? Give two examples.
1) Optimizing energy grids to reduce waste (reinforcement learning). 2) Climate modeling and prediction of extreme events (deep learning on satellite data). Also helps in carbon capture material discovery.
Q5. Scenario: Some experts warn of existential risk from superintelligence. Summarize the argument and one proposed safety measure.
As AI becomes more capable, it might pursue goals misaligned with human values (alignment problem). Safety measure: designing corrigible agents that allow human shutdown, or value learning from human feedback.