# Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 16, Test 4, Reading Passage 3

Source: Passage, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 16, Test 4, Reading Passage 3. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 27 | iii | AI is almost always better at forecasting than we are |
| 28 | vi | Their attempt to promote this program to cancer doctors was a PR disaster. |
| 29 | ii | Trust in other people is often based on our understanding of how others think and having experience of their reliability. |
| 30 | i | polarised the participants' attitudes |
| 31 | vii | Another solution may be to reveal more about the algorithms which AI uses |
| 32 | v | allowing people some control over AI decision-making could also improve trust |
| 33 | C | we still seem to deeply lack confidence in AI predictions |
| 34 | B | can cause anxiety and give us a sense that we're losing control |
| 35 | A | emphasising the message that we cannot rely on technology |
| 36 | NO | Optimists became more extreme in their enthusiasm for AI and sceptics became even more guarded. |
| 37 | NOT GIVEN | As AI is represented more and more in media and entertainment |
| 38 | YES | refusing to accept the advantages offered by AI could place a large group of people at a serious disadvantage |
| 39 | NO | Simply having previous experience with AI can significantly improve people's opinions about the technology |
| 40 | YES | when people were allowed the freedom to slightly modify an algorithm, they felt more satisfied with its decisions |

## Why these answers are right

**27. iii.** Section A opens with examples of AI predicting crime and heart attacks and states that AI is almost always better at forecasting than we are. Forecasts and predictions are projections, and better than us is superiority, so heading iii fits.

**28. vi.** Section B describes IBM's Watson for Oncology, whose promotion to cancer doctors was a PR disaster; many doctors doubted its advice and ignored its recommendations. Doctors rejecting a new AI program is widespread distrust of an AI innovation, heading vi.

**29. ii.** Section C explains that we trust other people because we understand how they think and know their reliability, while AI is new and its decisions are hard to comprehend. These are reasons we have more faith in human judgement than in AI, heading ii.

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