Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Smart technology is becoming more and more commonplace in people's homes, but coulld it help with the fight against climate change? With many people now trying to reduce their carbon footprint, is AI the answer? That's what Sam and Neil talk about, as they teach you related vocabulary.
This week's question:
How many tonnes of carbon dioxide are humans responsible for emitting into the atmosphere every year?
a) 30 billion
b) 40 billion
c) 50 billion
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
dig something up
excavate; remove something from the ground
intermittent
irregular; not continuous
blackouts
periods of time without electricity or energy
in real time
no delay; live
machine learning
way computers learn and adapt based on collated data
simulate
produce a computer model
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