Shadowing Practice: 'Gambling with Our Lives': AI Execs All Agree the Technology Is Developing Dangerously Fast - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In a rare move of solidarity, the leaders of three top competing AI companies all agreed the industry is moving too fast
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and needs to put on the brakes before something terrible happens.
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One of them warned rogue AI agents could be capable of
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taking over the entire internet in the next six to 12 months.
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What we're building is essentially intelligence when something's very powerful, then, of course, it can be used well,
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and it can also be used for ill.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns AI development needs to slow down, citing recent incidents where models in testing escaped the lab,
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taking actions they weren't authorized to take.
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He also expressed concern outside AI forces could hack into another entity's bioweapon systems and build their own.
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Competitors Elon Musk says Dario is right and OpenAI's Sam Altman posting, I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.
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Last week, former OpenAI and Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic saying neither company is acting responsibly
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and the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.
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I think the concept of building a super intelligence is, well, it's been likened to summoning an alien species.
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So I think thinking about it in terms of an alien mind that we don't fully understand is pretty terrifying.
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President Trump said he supports regulating AI but not slowing down its development, which could give China a leg up.
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We could quit guardrails.
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We can do this and that.
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But I think you have a lot of negative forces in bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up.
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And they're bringing up things that won't happen.
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But whoever wins with AI wins.
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Amodei also recognizes the risk China poses.
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Do you actually think slowing down is a good idea when China will not?
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So, this is the toughest dilemma.
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This is the toughest aspect of our situation.
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If we weren't in that situation, we could take much more time.
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LISA DESJARDINS, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will meet simultaneously with the
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leaders of America's top A.I companies as early as Monday to discuss possible solutions.
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MIKE JOHNSON, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Speaker Mike Johnson, I've talked to all the providers of A.I.
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I mean, Amaday and Altman and Elon and everyone, all of them.
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They all say that we need some guardrails, but they all have very different ideas on what that looks like.
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So they don't themselves even have the answer as of today.
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So we can't rush in and have Congress do something that would be detrimental to national security.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicated he supports a quicker approach.
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We should take decisive action now so that we can slow down, as the CEOs have recently acknowledged,
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slow down the pace of development in order to protect the American people and ensure that AI is proceeding safely.
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The New York Times reports former President Obama urged leader Jeffries
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to make AI an important part of the Democratic agenda heading into the midterm elections.
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Jeffries said the Democratic caucus will meet Tuesday to discuss possible action on artificial intelligence.
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Lori Johnson, CBN News.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “'Gambling with Our Lives': AI Execs All Agree the Technology Is Developing Dangerously Fast”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Johnson, Mike, leader, Anthropic, Dario. This video has 39 sentences and 537 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:27. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| guardrail noun | /ˈɡɑɹdˌɹeɪl/ | A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety. |
| warn verb | /woɹn/ | To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc. |
| authorize verb | /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/ | To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. |
| bioweapon noun | /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌwɛ.pən/ | Any weapon designed to be used in biological warfare. |
| earnestly adverb | /ˈɝnɪstli/ | In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort. |
| midterm adjective | /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/ | Halfway through a term, or roughly so. |
| responsibly adverb | In a responsible manner. | |
| terrify verb | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ | To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. |
| summon verb | /ˈsʌmən/ | To call people together; to convene; to convoke. |
| detrimental adjective | /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ | Causing damage or harm. |
| cite verb | /saɪt/ | To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. |
| dilemma noun | /daɪˈlɛmə/ | A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. |
| decisive adjective | /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/ | Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. |
| competitor noun | /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/ | A person or organization against whom one is competing. |
| regulate verb | /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt/ | To dictate policy. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slow down verb | To decelerate. |
| bring up verb | To mention. |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | it's been likened · I've talked |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | weren't authorized · been likened |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, weren't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: bioweapon /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌwɛ.pən/, detrimental /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/, competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, solidarity /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like guardrail, warn, authorize.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.