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  • Hello. Welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.

  • And hello, I'm Rob.

  • Now Rob, how creative are you?

  • Very creative, I think.

  • Creativity is in my bones!

  • Look at this wonderful script that I wrote and

  • we're presenting right now.

  • You are what we could call 'a creative' – a noun

  • which means someone with a lot of imagination

  • and ideas.

  • In our job we have to createor make

  • content that teaches English creatively.

  • Creativity is becoming more important for everyone.

  • The World Economic Forum forecasts that by 2020,

  • creativity will be in the top three most important skills

  • for future jobs.

  • This is particularly relevant for younger

  • people who will be entering the world of work soon

  • and that's what we'll be discussing today.

  • But before we do, Neil, have you created a

  • question for us to answer?

  • Yes, and it's about the very creative artist Banksy.

  • He created a well-known piece of artwork that

  • has been in the news recently,

  • but do you know what it is called?

  • Is it

  • a) Girl with Balloon

  • b) Girl with Red Balloon

  • c) Balloon Girl

  • I can see the picture in my head

  • so I think it's c) Balloon girl.

  • OK, and we'll find out the answer later.

  • But now back to our discussion about

  • creativity.

  • Experts say that students need

  • to focus more on creativity to help them

  • get a job.

  • That's perhaps surprising in the UK,

  • when some of our creative industries

  • that's businesses that make music, art

  • and TV for exampleare world famous.

  • We are creative people, Rob!

  • Of course, but there's not such a focus on

  • being creative in education now and that

  • might have an effect in the future.

  • It's something Bernadette Duffy, an early

  • years consultant, has been discussing

  • on BBC Radio 4's Bringing up Britain programme.

  • What does she say we have been

  • focusing too much on in schools?

  • We focus on the things that are legitimately

  • important but we teach them in a way that

  • makes them easier to measure.

  • I think we

  • need to redress the balance that puts the

  • focus purely on gaining the skills and far

  • far more on actually using them in a creative

  • way because that's what's going to

  • make a difference for the future.

  • So Bernadette feels we teach skills

  • in a way that can be easily measured

  • and tested.

  • She says we teach these skills

  • legitimatelywhich here means fairly and reasonably

  • But she feels we don't teach a

  • creative approach to learning skills.

  • So we mean things like problem solving.

  • I guess, even tasks like data inputting and

  • preparing spreadsheets can be approached creatively.

  • In any job, it's sometimes good

  • to 'think outside the box' or find new ways

  • of doing things.

  • Bernadette thinks we should move away

  • from just learning skills and start using

  • these skills creativelyshe used the

  • expression 'redress the balance' which

  • means 'change things to make them

  • fairer and more equal'.

  • Well, here at the BBC we have to creative.

  • In fact one of our values states that

  • 'creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation'.

  • Lifeblood here means 'the most important

  • thing to make something a success'.

  • Rob, I can see creativity is in your blood

  • but on an everyday level how can we all

  • improve our creativitybe more like you?!

  • Well, Neil, I'm no expert but Innovation Manager,

  • Nick Skillicorn is.

  • He's also been speaking to the

  • BBC and explaining what we can do to help ourselves.

  • What does he suggest?

  • On a daily basis, everyone should take fifteen

  • minutes of what I call unfocused time

  • time that they're not looking at any screen,

  • time that they can essentially get back into

  • their own head, slow down a bit, and start

  • forming these new connections between

  • disparate ideas that result in

  • divergent new original ideas.

  • So we need free time to collect all our

  • different thoughts in our headwhat

  • Nick calls disparate ideas to create new

  • and amazing ideas.

  • Disparate ideas are very different ideas,

  • all unrelated.

  • And we need what we might

  • call headspacethat's when your mind is in

  • a good state and you can think clearly.

  • For me, I have headspace when I'm lying in the bath

  • or out riding my bikethere are no interruptions.

  • Well, you certainly don't get your ideas sitting

  • at a desk, focusing on one taskwe all need

  • some downtime to get creative.

  • But children

  • going into school now will grow up to do a job

  • that doesn't yet exist.

  • And faced with the

  • challenges of AI, automation, green issues and

  • an ageing population, creativity

  • and imagination will be vital.

  • Right, well, let's get back to talking about

  • the creativity of Banksy now.

  • Ah yes, because earlier I asked you which

  • one of his well-known pieces of artwork

  • has been in the news recently?

  • Is it

  • a) Girl with Balloon

  • b) Girl with Red Balloon

  • c) Balloon Girl

  • And I said c) Balloon Girl.

  • I know it was a girl and a balloon.

  • Not quite right, Rob.

  • The artwork is

  • titled 'Girl with Balloon.'

  • This was recently

  • auctioned in London but amazingly shredded

  • in its frame as someone's winning bid was accepted!

  • Wow, that's a very creative way to destroy

  • a picture!

  • I will do the same with this script

  • soon but not before we have recapped some

  • of today's vocabulary.

  • Starting with 'a creative' -

  • that's a person whose job is to use a lot of

  • imagination and come up with new ideas,

  • such as someone who works in the media or advertising.

  • Then we mentioned legitimately

  • which describes doing something fairly

  • and reasonably.

  • Next we heard the expression 'redress the balance'.

  • This means to make things fairer and more equal.

  • We also talked about creativity being the

  • lifeblood of the BBC.

  • Lifeblood here means

  • the most important thing to make something

  • a success.

  • And I know creativity is

  • running through your veins, Rob!

  • Thanks, Neil.

  • We also heard the word disparate,

  • meaning very different and unrelated.

  • And we talked about headspace, which is when

  • your mind is in a good state and you can think clearly.

  • Before we head off to find some headspace,

  • don't forget to visit our website at bbclearningenglish.com

  • for more great learning English content.

  • That's all we have time for now.

  • Do join us again though.

  • Goodbye.

  • Bye bye!

  • Hello.

  • This is 6 Minute English from

  • BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Sam.

  • If you browse through a library, you'll

  • find a variety of different books, from

  • fiction to crime to romance.

  • And if you walk through a city you'll see a

  • variety of people of different ages, body

  • shapes, skin colours and genders.

  • In this 6 Minute English, we'll be hearing

  • about an unusual library where the books

  • are people, made of flesh and bone instead of paper.

  • It's called The Human Library and the

  • 'books' are individuals who have faced prejudice

  • which means an unreasonable dislike

  • of certain types of people.

  • Readers may borrow these 'books', who

  • are people from all walks of life, for a thirty minute conversation.

  • The book titles are

  • short and to the point - titles like 'transgender',

  • 'former criminal' or 'immigrant'.

  • The human books are volunteers, and

  • visiting readers are encouraged to ask

  • those awkward or embarrassing questions

  • they've always wondered about.

  • This means the Human Library needs to

  • be a safe space – a place where people feel

  • protected from danger and harm.

  • It's a fascinating idea but before we find

  • out more, I have a question for you, Sam.

  • The Human Library started out in Denmark

  • but soon spread across Europe and the world.

  • So how many countries have a Human Library now?

  • Is it:

  • a) 75?

  • b) 85?

  • or, c) 95?

  • Well, everyone likes to hear a story

  • so I'll guess, c) 95.

  • OK, Sam, we'll find out if that's right

  • later in the programme.

  • The first Human Library was founded

  • in Copenhagen by Ronni Abergel.

  • Here he is telling BBC World Service programme

  • People Fixing the World about the

  • inspiration behind his original idea:

  • We don't have time on the street to stop

  • and get to know everyone, so we drop

  • people in little boxesso it's instinct that's

  • guiding us, and we never get beyond the

  • instinct if we don't get to know the person

  • so in our library, we recommend sitting down

  • and meeting some of the people that you

  • normally might actually not feel interested in

  • sitting down with because there's something

  • about them that you may feel a little bit

  • uncomfortable about.

  • You learn tremendously

  • not only about them, but also about yourself.

  • When we meet someone new, we often already

  • have ideas about what they are like.

  • Ronni says we put someone in a boxan expression

  • meaning to judge what kind of person someone

  • is based on their appearance or on a limited

  • understanding of who they are.

  • He recommends meeting people who you

  • wouldn't usually spend time with, even if this

  • makes you feel uncomfortablefeel slightly

  • worried or embarrassed in a social situation.

  • So the main idea of the Human Library is

  • to challenge the assumptions and stereotypes

  • that we all have about other people.

  • Ronni uses social media to find volunteers

  • who are willing to talk about their lives at

  • public meetings, which anyone can attend.

  • As the Human Library spreads around the

  • world, more money is needed to keep the

  • project going.

  • This mostly comes from hosting

  • events for private companies,

  • including famous businesses like Google.

  • Transgender volunteer Katy Jon Went is

  • a regular host for the Human Library's business events.

  • Listen to this clip of her

  • introducing the project to a group of Dutch

  • businessmen from BBC World Service

  • programme, People Fixing the World:

  • When we're in the workplace or on

  • social media, what we often find is we're

  • walking on eggshells around diversity

  • and difference, and many people don't

  • want to get it wrong, quite understandably.

  • The important thing to remember is that

  • you can ask them anythingthey're never

  • going to make to feel wrong for the question

  • you ask today, which is an incredibly rare offer.

  • When meeting someone with completely

  • different life experiences, people can be

  • worried about saying the wrong thing or

  • asking embarrassing questions.

  • Katy says they are walking on eggshellsan expression

  • which means to be very careful about what

  • you do and say because you don't want to

  • offend or upset anyone.

  • But in fact the human 'books' are rarely offended.

  • The event is all about celebrating people's

  • difference and diversity – a term which describes

  • how many different types of people are included together.

  • Exactly. It's a celebration for everyone

  • regardless of race, age or gender

  • Or nationalityand that reminds me

  • what was the answer to your question, Neil?

  • Oh yes, I asked how many counties today

  • have a Human Library.

  • What did you say, Sam?

  • I guessed it was c) 95 countries.

  • Which wasthe wrong answer I'm afraid.

  • The correct answer was b) 85 countries,

  • from Norway and Hungary all the way to

  • Australia and Mongolia!

  • Wow! I bet that makes a lot of interesting stories!

  • OK, let's recap the vocabulary for

  • this programme about people sharing their

  • experience of facing prejudicethe

  • unreasonable dislike of certain groups of people.

  • A safe space is place where you feel

  • protected from danger and harm.

  • When we put someone in a box, we judge

  • them based on their appearance or a

  • limited understanding of them.

  • If you feel uncomfortable, you feel slightly

  • worried or embarrassed in a social situation.

  • The expression walking on eggshells means

  • being very careful about what you do and say

  • because you don't want to offend anyone.

  • And finally, diversity is a term describing

  • many different types of people being included together.

  • Well, it's time to return these human books

  • back to the library shelves because our

  • six minutes are up!

  • Join us again for more real-life stories

  • and topical vocabulary here at 6 Minute English

  • from BBC Learning English.

  • Goodbye for now!

  • Bye!

  • Hello. This is 6 Minute English from

  • BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Georgina.

  • When we think about

  • romantic Hollywood movies, there have

  • been some famous examples over the years.

  • There are classic black-and-white romance

  • movies like 1951's, 'A Streetcar Named Desire',

  • and the love affair between Humphrey Bogart

  • and Ingrid Bergman in 'Casablanca', made in 1942.

  • You're really showing your age, Neil!

  • What about more recent movies like

  • 'When Harry met Sally' or that famous

  • kiss between the characters Jack and Rose in the film, 'Titanic'.

  • In their time all these movies were

  • blockbustersvery popular and successful

  • films which sold millions of cinema tickets.

  • And this success was often due to the

  • on-screen romance between the leading actors.

  • In romantic movies, love is in the air.

  • Couples hold hands and kiss, or in other

  • words they show intimacy

  • a close romantic, or sexual relationship.

  • But while real couples kiss and hold

  • hands all the time, actors in movies are

  • just pretending to be intimate, and this can lead to problems.

  • Yes, whether it's a kiss or a full-nudity

  • sex scene, filming intimate scenes for

  • movies and TV is a delicate business, as

  • we'll be finding out in this programme.

  • But first, Georgina, I have a quiz question for you.

  • Let me guess

  • Another black-and-white

  • classic from the 1950s?

  • Yes - 1953 to be exact.

  • Which was the year this movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.

  • The film thrilled audiences with a famous beach kiss

  • between actors, Burt Lancaster, and

  • Deborah Kerr, as they rolled around

  • in the wavesbut what was the movie?

  • Was it: a) West Side Story?,

  • b) From Here to Eternity?, or

  • c) Singin' in the Rain?

  • Well, 1953 was long before I was

  • born but I'll guess, b) From Here to Eternity.

  • OK Georgina, we'll find out later on if that's right.

  • In 1953 an on-screen kiss

  • was still considered a little naughty.

  • But by 2020 and the filming of the BBC

  • television dramas, 'Normal People' and

  • 'I May Destroy You', things had changed.

  • Nudity and sexual content had become commonplace.

  • Ita O'Brien worked on both these BBC dramas.

  • She describes herself as an

  • 'intimacy coordinator' - someone who

  • helps actors and directors plan and film intimate scenes.

  • Listen as she gives her definition of

  • intimacy to BBC World Service

  • programme, The Conversation:

  • A hand hold, a stroke of the cheek,

  • you know, through to a hug, and then

  • obviously, right the way through to

  • intimate contentit might be familial

  • content of an adult to a child; it could

  • be the content of perhaps a medical

  • procedure, someone having a mammogram,

  • or it could be right the way through to

  • intimacy, simulated sexual content.

  • Ita's definition of intimacy is very wide,

  • including hugging and strokinggently

  • touching someone in a pleasurable way.

  • It also includes simulated sex.

  • Movie actors aren't really having sex, they're

  • simulating itpretending to do

  • something so that it looks real but is not.

  • just like dance sequences in musicals,

  • intimate movie scenes are planned and

  • choreographed beforehand so that the

  • director, film crew and, above all, the

  • actors are comfortable with what's being filmed.

  • But recent scandals about the on-set

  • behaviour of some British and American

  • film stars have highlighted how

  • delicate a balance this is.

  • Here's Ita O'Brien again talking to

  • BBC World Service's, The Conversation,

  • about the different ways that intimate

  • scenes are filmed on either side of the

  • Atlantic, in Britain and the US.

  • With actors from the US, what they do

  • have, what they put in place is that with

  • each and every intimate scene we

  • create a nudity / simulated sex waiver,

  • for each and every scene and I actually

  • really like that way of working.

  • In the UK, actors are asked to sign a nudity clause

  • and generally that's an overall, for the

  • whole of a production.

  • British actors sign only one document

  • with a nudity clause to cover the whole film.

  • But in the US, actors sign a waiver

  • a legal document that allows or prevents

  • an action that is different from

  • how things are usually done.

  • Ita thinks it's better if the actors agree

  • to each and every scene

  • and she uses the phrase, 'each and every'

  • because it emphasises that she means every single one.

  • In this way there is no confusion about

  • what should or shouldn't happen on set,

  • leaving the director and actors free to

  • make dramatic and romantic blockbusters.

  • You mean like that famous beach scene,

  • kissing and rolling in the waves, Neil?

  • Ah, you mean my quiz question when

  • I asked you: What was the name of the

  • 1953 movie featuring a famous beach

  • kiss between movie stars Burt Lancaster

  • and Deborah Kerr?

  • What did you say, Georgina?

  • I said it was b), From Here to Eternity.

  • Which isthe right answer!

  • Well done, Georginaso you do like classic

  • black-and-white movies after all!

  • Not really, Neil, but I remember my

  • grandad watching it!

  • OK, let's recap

  • the vocabulary from this programme

  • about intimacy – a close romantic

  • or sexual relationship.

  • A blockbuster is a very popular and

  • successful movie or a book that

  • sells many copies.

  • If you stroke someone's face, you

  • touch it gently in a pleasurable way.

  • To simulate means to do or make

  • something that looks real but is not.

  • In the US, a waiver is a legal document

  • to either allow or prevent something

  • being done in a different way from usual.

  • And you can use the phrase, each and

  • every to emphasise that you mean

  • every single one of something.

  • That's all for this romantic edition of

  • 6 Minute English but join us here again

  • soon for more topical chat and useful vocabulary.

  • Bye for now!

  • Bye!

  • Hello. This is 6 Minute English from

  • BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Rob.

  • And I'm Georgina.

  • Now, Georgina, you recently mentioned

  • in one 6 Minute English programme

  • about NFTs and that you had a collection of

  • Pokemon cards when you were younger.

  • Yes – I did, and I still can't find them.

  • Why did you bring that up?

  • Well, Pokemon started out as a video

  • game series that turned into anime movies

  • and trading cards among other things

  • and in this programme we're talking about

  • a video game character that is iconic

  • a word which means widely known and recognised.

  • That character's name is Super Mario.

  • Ahhh I spent many hours of my childhood

  • playing with Nintendo's Super Mario or

  • his rival, Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog.

  • Now, these days, video games are

  • everywhere, and people of all ages enjoy playing them.

  • There's also competitive

  • e-sports events where gamers compete

  • for what are often considerable

  • amounts of money.

  • Yes, and there are also streamers that

  • appear on platforms like Twitch and

  • YouTube who have become celebrities in their own right.

  • Talking about celebrities, I have a

  • question about the famous character

  • we're talking about in this programme.

  • Many people remember Super Mario Bros.

  • as being the first time we saw Mario,

  • but he first appeared in another game

  • which was it?

  • Was it:

  • a) The Legend of Zelda

  • b) Donkey Kong; or

  • c) Pokemon

  • I'm not sure about that – I can't remember

  • him being in Pokemon, so I'll go for a) The Legend of Zelda.

  • OK, Georgina, we'll find out if you're right

  • at the end of the programme.

  • So, we established at the start of the programme

  • that these days the video games industry is thriving.

  • Truebut it wasn't always that way.

  • It's hard to imagine now, but in the 1980s

  • the console market was struggling,

  • particularly in the US.

  • Keza MacDonalds, video games editor

  • for the Guardian newspaper, explains

  • what was happening in the early 1980s.

  • Here she is on BBC World Service

  • programme You and Yours, speaking with Peter White.

  • Well, back then, especially in America,

  • there had been a flood of games that

  • were just not very high quality.

  • One of the games that's often cited as a factor

  • in the collapse was this game called ET

  • on the Atari, which was so bad they ended

  • up burying thousands of copies of it in

  • the desert, because nobody liked it.

  • And, so we'd had that, especially in America,

  • this didn't happen so much in Europe,

  • but in America just been lots and lots of software.

  • None of it was all that great.

  • There hadn't been anything really revolutionary

  • in some years, so the video game boom was

  • really falling off a cliff and Nintendo is

  • what rescued in the US especially.

  • Keza MacDonald used the term a flood of

  • meaning a large number in a short period

  • of timeto describe the number of

  • games that were coming out.

  • She used cited, which means referenced

  • or noted, when talking about the game ET

  • being a reference for a factor in the

  • collapse of the console market.

  • And she said boom – a sudden period of growth.

  • So as ET was mentioned as a factor in the collapse,

  • many people say that Super Mario Bros.

  • was the reason that video games really

  • took off, especially in the US.

  • It's interesting to consider what might

  • have been if his creator, Shigeru Miyamoto,

  • had never created that character.

  • The question is, why is that game so popular,

  • what made it so fun to play?

  • Here is Keza Macdonald speaking again

  • with Peter White, on BBC World Service

  • programme, You and Yours, explaining why

  • Mario is just so popular and what makes

  • the original game so satisfying to play.

  • It's just such a joy to play.

  • It's running and

  • jumping, and it's the joy of movement.

  • When, when you play, even the original

  • Super Mario Bros, you just feel this sense

  • of joy in your movement, and it's one of

  • the greatest games ever made.

  • And a lot of games from 35 years ago are basically

  • unplayable now. They might have been a

  • step to something greater, but Mario was

  • one of those few that really holds up today as it did then.

  • Keza Macdonald said that some games

  • from 35 years ago are unplayable

  • so, not possible to play them.

  • But she said that Mario holds up

  • a term used to say that something's standards

  • or quality has not lessened.

  • It certainly does hold upin fact,

  • I played it the other day and I had lots of

  • fun with itit reminded me of my childhood,

  • and it's still as good now as it was then.

  • Which reminds me of your quiz question, Rob.

  • Yes, in my quiz question I asked Georgina

  • which game had the first appearance

  • of that famous plumber, Mario.

  • I went for a) The Legend of Zelda.

  • Which is wrong, I'm afraid!

  • Mario's first appearance was in Donkey Kong,

  • and his creator, Shigeru Miyamoto,

  • never thought he would be that popular.

  • Well, I guess we've all really learnt

  • something today.

  • Let's recap the vocabulary

  • from today's programme about Super Mario,

  • starting with iconicfamously associated

  • with something and instantly recognisable.

  • Then we had a flood of which means a large

  • amount of something in a short space of time.

  • Cited means reference as or noted.

  • Boom relates to explosion and means a

  • short period of sudden growth.

  • Unplayable describes something that can't be

  • played or a game that is very difficult to enjoy.

  • And finally, holds up means that the quality

  • or standards of something hasn't changed

  • and still looks good or plays well.

  • That's all for this programme.

  • Bye for now!

  • Bye!

  • Hello. This is 6 Minute English from

  • BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Sam.

  • Do you think robots could ever

  • become intelligent, Sam?

  • Well, if you believe Hollywood movies

  • like 'Robocop', robots will grow more

  • powerful than their human creators and take control.

  • You've been watching too many

  • sci-fi movies, Sam!

  • But seriously - do you

  • think robots will ever be able to think or dream?

  • Could they fall in love or create art?

  • It's hard to say but because of the huge

  • advances in artificial intelligence over

  • the last ten years, questions like these

  • are being asked more and more.

  • In this programme we'll be meeting a

  • very unusual 'person' (if that's the right word)

  • who could help answer some of these questions.

  • She's called Ai-Da, she's an

  • artist who can draw, paint and

  • create sculpturesand she's a robot.

  • Yes, the humanoid robot, Ai-Da, uses

  • a robotic arm and a pencil to draw what

  • it sees with a camera in its eye.

  • It's very life-like and can even talk to the people

  • whose picture it's drawing.

  • We'll hear more about this extraordinary

  • robot and the team of inventors behind

  • her soon, but first I have a quiz question.

  • The name, Ai-Da, uses the abbreviation

  • for 'artificial intelligence' - AI - to make a

  • woman's first name, but which famous,

  • real-life Ada was the robot named after?

  • Was it:

  • a) Ada Brown?,

  • b) Ada Lovelace?

  • or,

  • c) Ada Maris?

  • I think it must be, b) Ada Lovelace.

  • OK, Sam, we'll find out if that's right later.

  • Of course building a realistic

  • robot that can see, hold a pencil

  • and draw is not easy.

  • Behind the creation of Ai-Da was a

  • team led by Cornish robotics company,

  • Engineered Arts, and supported by

  • engineers in Leeds who built her robotic

  • arms using AI systems developed at Oxford University.

  • Here's chief engineer, Marcus Hold,

  • introducing presenter, Karl Bos, to the still

  • unfinished Ai -Da for the first time for

  • BBC World Service programme, In The Studio:

  • It's very strange because on first glance

  • she looks incredibly scary, a bit like a

  • dystopian robot from the future but when

  • you see her move and express she becomes incredibly cute.

  • People tend to refer to them as 'he' or 'she',

  • they're drawn to the robots.

  • So much of our

  • communication is non-verbal – I'm gesturing

  • with my arms, I'm smilingand our robots

  • a big part of their appeal and their human nature

  • is in the way they behave and move and

  • it's great that you're picking up on that from

  • something that has no skin.

  • When Karl first meets Ai-Da he sees a wired-up

  • metal skull without skin.

  • She looks like a robot

  • from a dystopia - an imaginary future world

  • where everything is badlike the movie 'Robocop'.

  • But as Karl spends more time with Ai-Da

  • he begins to see her move and express herself.

  • She smiles, blinks and uses facial expressions

  • and hand gestures known as non-verbal

  • communication to appear more human.

  • This human-like behaviour is part of Ai-Da's appeal -

  • the quality in someone that makes them

  • attractive and interestingand soon Karl

  • is calling the robot 'she' instead of 'it'.

  • Former art gallery owner, Aidan Mellor,

  • manages the Ai-Da project.

  • Here he is speaking to BBC World Service's, In The Studio,

  • about the complex process involved in

  • building a working robot:

  • We've got the programmers and researchers

  • working at Oxford University and Goldsmiths

  • and they're doing their algorithmic programming,

  • programming the AI that is going to be eventually

  • used for the art pieces that we're doing

  • But we've also got a couple of guys who

  • are actually working on her arm

  • her ability to drawand actually getting

  • her to do a compelling drawing of what she sees.

  • There's some battles still to be won before

  • the show, we will eventually hopefully iron out

  • all the issues before that time.

  • One challenge the team faced was building a

  • robotic arm that could allow Ai-Da to draw

  • pictures that were compellingexciting,

  • interesting and able to keep your attention.

  • In combining an electronic AI brain with

  • mechanical robot eyes and arms there were

  • many battles to be wondifficulties and

  • technical obstacles to be overcome.

  • And at the time of the interview, the team

  • still had some issues to iron outremoving

  • problems by finding solutionsbefore Ai-Da's

  • opening show: an exhibition of her

  • artwork at The Design Museum in London.

  • Amazing! It's nice to think that a robot

  • could be the next Picasso instead of an

  • out-of-control sci-fi policeman!

  • Yes, and the whole project was inspired

  • by a real-life womanwhose name was?

  • What was the answer to your quiz question, Neil?

  • Ah yes, I asked Sam which famous

  • Ada was the real-life inspiration

  • behind the robot, Ai-Da.

  • I said, b) Ada Lovelace.

  • Was I right?

  • You wereright, Sam!

  • Ai-Da is named after

  • Ada Lovelace, the 19th century English

  • mathematician and first computer programmer in the world.

  • OK, Neil.

  • Let's recap the vocabulary from

  • this programme, starting with dystopia -

  • an imaginary future society where everything is bad.

  • Non-verbal communication is communication

  • using physical gestures and facial expressions instead of speech.

  • The appeal of something is a quality it

  • has which people find attractive.

  • If something is compelling, it holds your

  • attention because you find it so interesting.

  • A battle to be won means a problem to be

  • solved or an obstacle to overcome.

  • And finally, to iron something out means to

  • remove or find solutions to a problem.

  • With artificial intelligence improving so fast

  • it may not be too long before we see robot

  • presenters of Six Minute English!

  • But until Sam and I are replaced by AI we

  • hope you'll join us again next time for more

  • trending topics and useful vocabulary,

  • here at BBC Learning English.

  • Bye for now!

  • Goodbye!

Hello. Welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.

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