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Akira, Daiki, and Chika are high school students in Tokyo. Bella is a high school student from the United States. They are talking in their classroom after school.
Akira: I’m interested in a *science fiction movie which started last week. Shall we go to see it?
Bella: OK.
Akira: I hear that, in the movie, there are amazing machines, like flying cars.
Daiki: Sounds interesting. People can’t make them now.
Chika: Will they make them in the future?
Bella: 【(1) I’m sure they will.】
Daiki: Why do you think so?
Bella: Think about *smartphones. When our parents were children, they didn’t think people would be able to make such things in the near future. But people use them in their daily lives now.
Akira: I agree, Bella. There are many new things now. Some people are making new robots. On TV, I saw a robot that played shogi. It played shogi very well.
Bella: The robot has AI in it.
Chika: AI? I have heard of that before, but I don’t know much about it.
Akira: It means *artificial intelligence. AI is good at finding something in a very large *amount of information. AI has great *potential.
Bella: A *self-driving car is an example. If people use them, they won’t have to drive themselves at all to get to some places.
Daiki: Will AI make our lives better?
Bella: 【(2) I think so.】 We will use AI in many things. It’s getting better and better.
Chika: Wait. I heard that AI machines would *take the place of people in some jobs in the future. I am worried AI will change our lives *dramatically.
Daiki: 【(3) I understand your feelings.】 We don’t know how AI will change our lives. No one knows what the future will be.
Bella: There are things AI can do and things AI can’t do. It is necessary for us to understand that.
Akira: 【(4) That’s right.】 We should use AI in the right way to make our lives more *convenient. I want to study AI, and I want to be an engineer who will be able to help people in the future.
Bella: That’s a good idea, Akira.
Chika: Now I am interested in AI. I want to know more about it.
Akira: I’m glad to hear that. We will make our own futures, not AI.
Chika: I understand. It is fun to talk about our futures.
Daiki: How about talking about them again after watching the movie?
Chika: 【(5) That’s a good idea.】
Bella: Let’s enjoy seeing a future world in the movie.
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