Cambridge IELTS 21 – Test 2, Passage 3: Artificial Intelligence Solutions

The artificial intelligence (AI) craze is sweeping global media, from promises of curing all diseases to expectations of driving human creative breakthroughs. However, behind this wave of praise lies the emergence of a dangerous mindset: “AI solutionism” — the blind belief that with enough data and algorithms, machine learning can solve all human problems. The reading passage Artificial Intelligence (Cambridge IELTS 21 – Test 2, Passage 3) offers a sharp counter-perspective: from data infrastructure and human resource barriers in the public sector, the risk of adversarial attacks, to real-world failures like the IBM Watson cancer diagnosis system and sentencing algorithms in the US justice system.

Falling under the theme of Technology & AI Ethics, this Passage 3 presents a high level of complexity in its counter-arguments. The test assesses candidates through 4 key question types: Multiple Choice, Summary Completion with a Box, Yes/No/Not Given, and Global Multiple Choice. This article by ECE Language Center will help you fully decipher this test.

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