IELTS Speaking P.2 Topic: a person who is often in the news

[Maybo]

This is a practice text for the speaking part of the IELTS exam. Please correct it and make it colloquial.

Topic：Describe a person who is often in the news, and who you would like to meet. (Source)

You should say:

• who this person is
• how you know him/her
• why he/she is often in the news

and explain why you would like to meet him/her.

My response:
I'd like to meet Elon Musk. I know him from newspaper. He's involved in the news of the US president election, Russia-Ukraine war, and the AI development. Also, there has been some gossips about him and Hollywood celebrities. I want to meet him because I want to know about his progress on the AI development. He mentioned that AI will soon make all workers obsolete. I've been waiting for that day. I hope he can produce robots which can do all chores and execute difficult tasks, such as repairing home appliances, so that I could spend more time doing things I like.

I want to be a translator in the future, and many people have asked me if I'm worried about being replaced by AI. I'm not. Not in the slightest! Not that they wouldn't be able to take my jobs. I believe if they could translate 100% correctly, which means they know humans better than we humans do, they could do all the jobs. By then, I won't have other career options. For me, the most important thing is to improve myself now rather than to worry about distant future. Therefore, if I met Elon Musk, I would like to learn more about how we can use AI to improve our lives, especially on language.

Nowadays, many people rely on AI to help them draft and proofread emails and essays. It's not a bad thing and it does save us a lot of time. However, the problem is that many people think they are clear but actually they are not. If we gave unclear commands to AI, they would provide only vague advice or answers. Also, sometimes AI might offer information beyond our ken so how do we understand it? We have to enhance ourself first.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd like to meet Elon Musk. I know about/of him from newspaper the [international] press/media. He's involved in the news of the US presidential election, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the development of AI. development. Also, there has been some gossips gossip about him and Hollywood celebrities. I want to meet him because I want to know about his progress on the AI development. He mentioned claims that AI will soon make all workers obsolete. I've been waiting for I'm looking forward to that day. I hope he can produce robots which that can do all household chores and execute difficult tasks, such as repairing home appliances, so that I could can spend more time doing things I like.

I want to be a translator in the future, and many people have asked me if I'm worried about being replaced by AI. I'm not. Not in the slightest! Not that they wouldn't be able to take my jobs job. I believe if they could translate 100% correctly, which means they know humans better than we humans do, they could do all the jobs. By then, I won't have any other career options. For me, the most important thing is to improve myself now rather than to worry about the distant future. Therefore, if I met Elon Musk, I would like to learn more about how we can use AI to improve our lives, especially on our use of languages.

Nowadays, many people rely on AI to help them draft and proofread emails and essays. It's not a bad thing and it does save us a lot of time. However, the problem is that many people think they are AI-generated text is clear but actually they are often it's not. If we gave unclear commands to AI, they would provide only vague advice or answers. Also, sometimes AI might offer information beyond our ken so how do we understand it that's too difficult for us to understand. We have to enhance improve ourself our own intellect/intelligence first.

Note my corrections. I don't agree with the underlined section at all. Being able to translate from one language to another with no errors doesn't suggest at all that AI (or robots) "knows humans better than we know ourselves and each other". There's nothing in your piece that suggests that.

 

[Maybo]

I don't agree with the underlined section at all. Being able to translate from one language to another with no errors doesn't suggest at all that AI (or robots) "knows humans better than we know ourselves and each other".

Up until now, I sometime see wrong translations or the translators simply drop the part they can't translate. Therefore, if AI reached a level that it can translate 100% correctly, which we still can't do it now, the development of the technology would be so high that it knows human better than we know ourselves and each other. At that time, it outsmarts every aspect of humans.

 

[Tarheel]

@Maybo I think you mean they skip the part they're not sure about.

Do you think it's possible they could hire me to proofread the instructions?