题目
Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech's online Master of Science in Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had 8 teaching assistants, but that wasn't enough to deal with the overwhelming number of questions from students. Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform. Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill the questions and answers. After some adjustment and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience. The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions asked by students on the online forum. The name, Jill Watson, will of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.(1)What do we learn about Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence? ( )A. It is a robot that can answer students' questions.B. It is a course designed for students to learn online.C. It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.D. It is a computer program that aids student learning.(2)What problem did Professor Goel meet with? ( )A. His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.B. His course was too difficult for the students.C. Students' questions were too many to handle.D. Too many students dropped out of his course.(3)What do we learn about Jill Watson? ( )A. She turned out to be a great success.B. She got along pretty well with students.C. She was unwelcome to students at first.D. She was released online as an experiment.(4)What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson? ( )A. Launch different versions of her online.B. Feed her with new questions and answers.C. Assign her to answer more of students' questions.D. Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech's online Master of Science in Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had 8 teaching assistants, but that wasn't enough to deal with the overwhelming number of questions from students.
Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.
Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill the questions and answers. After some adjustment and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience.
The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions asked by students on the online forum. The name, Jill Watson, will of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.
Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.
Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill the questions and answers. After some adjustment and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience.
The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions asked by students on the online forum. The name, Jill Watson, will of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.
(1)What do we learn about Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence? ( )
A. It is a robot that can answer students' questions.
B. It is a course designed for students to learn online.
C. It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.
D. It is a computer program that aids student learning.
(2)What problem did Professor Goel meet with? ( )
A. His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.
B. His course was too difficult for the students.
C. Students' questions were too many to handle.
D. Too many students dropped out of his course.
(3)What do we learn about Jill Watson? ( )
A. She turned out to be a great success.
B. She got along pretty well with students.
C. She was unwelcome to students at first.
D. She was released online as an experiment.
(4)What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson? ( )
A. Launch different versions of her online.
B. Feed her with new questions and answers.
C. Assign her to answer more of students' questions.
D. Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
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(1)B 解析：细节理解题。根据原文第一段“Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence.”可知，乔治亚理工大学的 Ashok Goel 教授研发了一个人工智能助教，以帮助处理网课“基于知识的人工智能”上学生的问题，所以“基于知识的人工智能”是一门网上课程，故选B项。
(2)C 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段“Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade.”可知，由于缺乏教学支持，许多学生退出了在线课程当学生感到没人管，困惑，提出的问题无人解答继续学习的动力开始消退，由此可推知，Goel 教授遇到的问题是学生的问题太多而无人处理。故选C项。
(3)A 解析：推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段内容“Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. …The students were actually very positive about the experience.(Jill 能正确回答学生问题的97%……学生实际上对这次体验反应很积极)”可知，这个人工智能助理极其逼真，连学习人工智能的学生都没法把它和真正的人区分开来，它能正确解答当时学生提出的问题中的97%，学生体验都很好，所以说这是一个巨大的成功，故选A项。
(4)C 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions asked by students on the online forum.”可知，Goel 教授虚拟助理明年的目标是负责回答在线论坛的学生所有问题的40%，所以 Goel 教授计划让 Jill Watson 回答更多学生的问题。故选C项。