Speaking practice: answer out loud for one minute
Do you use any AI tools? What for?
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12 conversation questions about artificial intelligence
- 1Do you use any AI tools? What for?
- 2Which jobs do you think AI will change the most?
- 3Is it cheating for students to use AI for homework?
- 4Would you trust an AI doctor or lawyer?
- 5Can AI be truly creative?
- 6What are the biggest risks of AI?
- 7Should there be strict laws about AI?
- 8How could AI help people learn languages?
- 9Will AI create more jobs than it destroys?
- 10Should AI-generated content always be labelled?
- 11How do you think AI will change daily life in ten years?
- 12What should humans always do themselves, without AI?
Useful phrases
- I mainly use it for...
- It's a double-edged sword.
- The real concern is...
- I'd be wary of...
- It could potentially...
- As long as..., I think it's fine.
- There's a fine line between... and...
- It remains to be seen whether...
Key vocabulary
- automate
- make a process work by machine without people
- double-edged sword
- something with both good and bad effects
- regulation
- official rules that control an activity
- bias
- unfair preference for or against something
- generate
- produce or create
- wary of
- careful because you don't fully trust something
Sample answer
Do you use any AI tools? What for?
Yes, I use AI tools quite a lot, mainly to help me draft emails and summarise long documents at work. It saves me a lot of time. That said, I'm wary of relying on it completely, because it sometimes makes mistakes and sounds very confident about them. For me it's a useful assistant, but I always check the final result myself.
Practise "Artificial intelligence" with a real partner
Questions are easier to remember once you've answered them out loud. Start a live 1-on-1 video call and use this topic to get the conversation going.
Practise this topic liveHow to practise this topic
- Answer each question in at least two or three sentences.
- Try to use two of the useful phrases and one new word in every answer.
- With a partner, ask a follow-up question like "Why?" or "Can you give an example?"
- Alone, record your one-minute answer and listen back for one thing to improve.