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In the movies and on television, artificial intelligence is typicallydepicted as something sinister that will upend our way of life. When it comes toAI in business, we often hear about it in relation to automation and theimpending loss of jobs, but in what ways is AI changing companies and the largereconomy that don’t involve doom-and-gloom mass unemployment predictions?

A recent survey of manufacturing and service industries from TataConsultancy Services found that companies currently use AI more often incomputer-to-computer activities than in automating human activities. One commonapplication? Preventing electronic security breaches, which, rather thaneliminating IT jobs, actually makes those personnel more valuable to employers,because they help firms prevent hacking attempts.

Here are a few other ways AI is aiding companies without replacingemployees:

Better hiring practices

Companies are using artificial intelligence to remove some of theunconscious bias from hiring decisions. “There are experiments that show that,naturally, the results of interviews are much more biased than what AI does,”says Pédro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for theUltimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World and a computer science41_____________ One company that’s doing this is called Blendoor. It usesanalytics to help identify where there may be bias in the hiring process.

More effective marketing

Some AI software can analyze and optimize marketing email subject lines toincrease open rates. One company in the UK, Phrasee, claims their software canoutperform humans by up to 10 percent when it comes to email open rates.

Thiscan mean millions more in revenue. 42_________These are “tools that help peopleuse data, not a replacement for people,” says Patrick H. Winston, a professor ofartificial intelligence and computer science at MIT.

Saving customers money

Energy companies can use AI to help customers reduce their electricitybills, saving them money while helping the environment. Companies can alsooptimize their own energy use and cut down on the cost of electricity.“Insurance companies, meanwhile, can base their premiums on AI models that moreaccurately access risk,” says Domingos, 43____________

Improved accuracy

“Machine learning often provides a more reliable form of statistics, whichmakes data more valuable,” says Winston. It “helps people make smarterdecisions.” 44___________

Protecting and maintaining infrastructure

A number of companies,

particularly in energy and transportation, use AIimage processing technology to inspect infrastructure and prevent equipmentfailure or leaks before they happen. “If they fail first and then you fix them,it’s very expensive,” says Domingos. 45_______

[A] AI replaces the boring parts of your job. If you’re doing research, youcan have AI go out and look for relevant sources and information that otherwiseyou just wouldn’t have time for.

[B] One accounting firm, EY, uses an AI system that helps review contractsduring an audit. This process, along with employees reviewing the contracts, isfaster and more accurate.

[C] There are also companies like Acquisio, which analyzes advertisingperformance across multiple channels like Adwords, Bing and social media andmakes adjustments or suggestions about where advertising funds will

yield bestresults.

[D] You want to predict if something needs attention now and point to whereit’s useful for employees to go to.

[E] Before, they might not insure the ones who felt like a high risk orcharge them too much, or they would charge them too little and then it wouldcost [the company] money.

[F] We’re also giving our customers better channels versus picking up thephone to accomplish something beyond human scale.

[G] AI looks at résumés in greater numbers than humans would be able to,and selects the more promising candidates.

参考答案：41-45 G C E B D

本次新题型属于段落多项对应与小标题的融合题，在题目的考察上，有些正确答案按照段落小标题来进行作答，有些则考察填空上下句的关联。

41. 【考点】段落主题

【解析】本段的标题是Better hiringpractices，重点是hiring雇佣，同时41空前一句也提及了interview面试，按照“雇佣”、“面试”等找到选项中的关键词：resume简历，对应该段的主题，即可狙中答案。

42. 【考点】同义转换

【解析】本段的标题是More effectivemarketing，重点在marketing营销，但是主题相对抽象，不如上一题具体。此时我们再阅读42空上一句：This can mean millionsmore in revenue，这意味着更多的收入，联系标题中的营销，对应C选项中的最后一句“advertising funds will yield bestresults” 广告的资金投入能够产生最好的结果。

43. 【考点】上下文分析

【解析】43题难度较高，需要先排除陷阱，由于段落标题和F选项都有customer，极容易被误认为答案，但是标题的重点是节省消费者的钱，而F选项是给消费者更好的渠道去完成超出人类范畴的任务。因此，我们转向43空上下句分析，上句提到了insurancecompany(保险公司)对应E选项的词性转换insure，除此之外，上句中的more…risk和选项E的high risk也可以对应。

44. 【考点】主题词转换

【解析】本段的标题是提高的准确度improved accuracy，可以直接对应B选项中的accurate，词性转换。

45. 【考点】段落理解

【解析】45题的标题Protecting and maintaininginfrastructure维护基础设施，没有任何一个选项出现infrustructure或相关词汇。本题涉及到的是整段语义的理解，需要看整段内容，讲的是使用AI去检查基础设施，并且在问题发生前进行预防，对应D选项的Youwant to predict if something needs attention你需要预测是否有什么东西需要注意/需要维修。