Every hero has a code

Séance 1: AI in Westworld: issues and key ideas

  • Objectif : découvrir l’univers de Westworld et introduire les grandes questions liées à l’intelligence artificielle
  • Activités : travail lexical sur les enjeux de l’IA et le vocabulaire de Westworld, compréhension vidéo à partir de la bande-annonce de la saison 1, découverte des personnages principaux et courte discussion sur les enjeux actuels de l’IA
  • À retenir : savoir identifier les personnages principaux, comprendre les éléments essentiels d’une bande-annonce et mobiliser un premier lexique pour parler des risques et des limites de l’intelligence artificielle

Vocabulary Kit - Westworld, AI and the future

Nouns
  • series = série
  • theme park = parc à thème
  • host = host
  • guest = guest / visiteur
  • artificial intelligence = intelligence artificielle
  • consciousness = conscience
  • free will = libre arbitre
  • ethics = éthique
  • memory = mémoire
  • immortality = immortalité
AI issues
  • jobs and automation = emplois et automatisation
  • privacy = vie privée
  • surveillance = surveillance
  • bias = biais
  • discrimination = discrimination
  • control = contrôle
  • copyright = droit d’auteur
  • legal responsibility = responsabilité juridique
  • cost = coût
  • profit = profit
Verbs and expressions
  • to take place = se dérouler
  • to be based on = être fondé sur
  • to create = créer
  • to allow = permettre
  • to live out one’s fantasies = réaliser ses fantasmes
  • to harm humans = faire du mal aux humains
  • to raise questions = soulever des questions
  • to become conscious = devenir conscient
  • to preserve consciousness = préserver la conscience
  • to deal with an issue = traiter un problème / enjeu
Adjectives and sentence starters
  • advanced = avancé
  • life-like = très réaliste
  • human-like = semblable à l’humain
  • moral = moral
  • legal = juridique / légal
  • financial = financier
  • One issue is... = Un enjeu est…
  • People talk about... = On parle de…
  • It raises ethical questions. = Cela soulève des questions éthiques.
  • AI can lead to... = L’IA peut entraîner…

Document: Westworld Synopsis Text

Westorld Synopsis

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Westworld cover
Created by HBO, Westworld is a science-fiction / western series based on the 1973 film of the same name. The story takes place in Westworld, a technology-advanced western-based amusement park populated by life-like robots called the “hosts”. They have been created by partners Arnold Weber and Robert Ford. There, those who can afford a ticket – the guests – can experience living without limits. The hosts allow the guests to live out their wildest fantasies without harming humans.

Document: Westworld Trailer Video

Script
Dolores
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You came back.
Teddy
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You know if I could stay right here with you, I would.
Dolores
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Just sometimes I feel like the world out there is calling me.
Boy
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You're one of them, aren't you? You're not real.
Bernard
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Bring yourself back online.
Robert
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Do you know where you are?
Dolores
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I'm in a dream.
Robert
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You're in my dream.
Robert
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I designed every part of this place.
Robert
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It's not a theme park, but an entire world.
Bernard
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You, and everyone you know were built to gratify the desires of the people who pay to visit your world.
Robert
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Just don't forget, they're not real.
Robert
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What you and I do is… so complicated.
Bernard
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I need your help, Dolores, I think I made a mistake.
Robert
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So our creatures have been misbehaving.
Dolores
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I think there may be something wrong with this world.
Man in Black
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No choice you've ever made was your own.
Man in Black
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You have always been a prisoner.
Man in Black
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What if I told you, I'm here to set you free?
Dolores
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Are we, very old friends?
Robert
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I wouldn't say friends, Dolores.
Robert
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I wouldn't say that at all.

Notes about the video document

1.
Pick out information about the three categories below.
Relève des informations sur les trois catégories ci-dessous.
The place
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The characters
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The time
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Document: Westworld main characters

DELOS Inc
Safety Passport
Robert Ford
Robert FORD
CEO
ID number: 35124
Expires: 05-12-2078
DELOS Inc
Safety Passport
Bernard Lowe
Bernard LOWE
Head of the Programmation Division
Westworld
Host ID
Dolores Abernathy
Dolores ABERNATHY
HOST
ID number: 0232
National Identification
Guest
William Billy
William (Billy)
GUEST
National Identification
Guest
Logan Delos
Logan DELOS
GUEST
Westworld
Host ID
Peter Abernathy
Peter ABERNATHY
HOST
ID number: 0231

AI issues

2.
Before reading the press review, make a list of the AI issues that people talk about today.
Avant de lire la critique de presse, fais une liste des questions liées à l’IA dont on parle aujourd’hui.
Think of moral, legal & financial issues.
Pense à des questions morales, juridiques et financières.
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Translate: AI issues and key ideas

Build the sentence in English
Clique sur une flèche pour lancer la roulette.

Séance 2: Reading the press review

  • Objectif : approfondir la réflexion sur l’intelligence artificielle en comparant l’IA actuelle et l’IA fictionnelle de Westworld
  • Activités : lecture et compréhension du Press Review, classement et comparaison d’idées, réemploi du lexique, reformulation, traduction et réflexion sur les limites scientifiques ainsi que sur les enjeux éthiques de l’IA
  • À retenir : la fiction permet d’interroger des questions bien réelles sur la conscience, l’identité, le cerveau humain, les biais, la surveillance et la responsabilité

Document: A Press Review

AI in Westworld: a press review

'Westworld' science adviser shares his vision of robots and the future of AI
Bernard and a humanoid robot in Westworld
Bernard and a humanoid robot in Westworld.

Comprehension

1.
Read the text and sort the phrases into the correct categories.
Lis le texte et classe les expressions dans la bonne colonne.
AI
The human brain
Ethics

Comprehension

2.
Copy only the sentences that are correct. Then, check your answers.
Recopie uniquement les phrases correctes. Ensuite, vérifie tes réponses.

    Comprehension

    3.
    Sort the sentences into the correct column.
    Classe les phrases dans la bonne colonne.
    AI Today & Westworld AI
    Westworld AI only

    Translate: Westworld Press Review

    Build the sentence in English
    Clique sur une flèche pour lancer la roulette.

    Séance 3: Evaluation

    • Type d’évaluation : QCM
    • Axe : Innovations scientifiques et responsabilité
    • Compétences : médiation (expliquer / traduire / résumer)
    • Coefficient : à confirmer
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    EVALUATION - Every hero has a code Evaluation - questions a choix unique
    1.
    What is the best conclusion about AI today?
    2.
    Which comparison is central in the Press Review?
    3.
    Which ability clearly belongs to AI today?
    4.
    Which statement best describes Westworld AI?
    5.
    Which statement about AI today is the most accurate?
    6.
    What is one key difference between AI today and Westworld AI?
    7.
    Why are we still far from Westworld AI?
    8.
    The Press Review suggests that people may confuse:
    9.
    Which topic belongs most clearly to ethics?
    10.
    AI today is presented as:
    11.
    What is the scientist's main message?
    12.
    Why compare real AI with fictional AI?
    13.
    How is immortality through AI presented?
    14.
    Which question is central to both neuroscience and AI?
    15.
    Which statement about the brain matches the Press Review?
    16.
    Which issue is linked to AI development?
    17.
    What role does Westworld play in the Press Review?
    18.
    Why is Westworld useful in this discussion?
    19.
    What is the main idea of the "Press Review" text?
    20.
    Why does the "Press Review" text mention the human brain?