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title: The future: hopes — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics
description: «The future: hopes», a lesson of the ai course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Nobody can see the future, but people can hope, worry, and make choices that change what happens.
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# The future: hopes

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Lesson 24 of the ai course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/24-future-hopes/).

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- [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/0/) — Nobody can see the future, but people can hope, worry, and make choices that change what happens.
- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/1/) — Mia asks whether robots will do all the housework, and Dad says, "I hope so, especially ironing." Real home robots today are still clumsy and expensive: a robot that can fold a crumpled shirt as well as Dad is much harder to build than one that wins at chess, because real homes are messy and every object is different.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/2/) — Some hopes are big and serious: cures for diseases, help learning in any language.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/3/) — Some worries are big too, and many clever people are working to make powerful AI safe.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/4/) — The truth about the future is probably somewhere between "wonderful" and "terrible", and it depends on the choices people make, including the ones you will make.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/5/) — Whatever comes, learning the basics yourself, such as writing, still matters, because it trains your own thinking.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/6/) — People hope robots and AI will help with boring chores, but real home robots are still clumsy and expensive.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/7/) — Many scientists hope AI will help find cures for diseases, and some progress has been made, but medicine needs careful testing and takes time.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/8/) — Some experts worry that very powerful AI could become dangerous, others think that is far off, and many people are working on making AI safe.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/9/) — Many things people love depend on bodies, feelings and being human, such as watching people play sport.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/10/) — Many people already use AI as a helper at work, and knowing the basics yourself helps you check it.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/11/) — Translation and tutoring tools might make learning easier for many people, but not every family can afford them.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/12/) — The future of AI is probably neither all wonderful nor all terrible; it depends on the choices people make.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/13/) — Robot pets already exist, but they are not living animals and do not need or feel care the way real pets do.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/14/) — Self-driving vehicles are being tested, and their safety must be proven before they are used everywhere.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/15/) — Writing helps you think, not only make words, so learning to write still matters.

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