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Figures, tables, images and artworks are integral parts of academic writing. They help to elucidate concepts, support textual points and make pages visually attractive. Their use, however, is covered by a variety of copyright nuances that are important to get right. I have created two checklists to help with that process. Click on the buttons below to download the free checklists.

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Around the World in 10 Accents

A series of videos and accompanying worksheets aimed at ELF students, covering a variety of British English accents, grammar, and idioms.

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AI Quiz: Defining harms from AI uses

Activity : Defining AI harms

1 / 8

An AI application can write lyrics and then put them to music before creating beautiful advertisements to attract customers to buy its song on the internet.

This AI can spread disinformation

This AI can manipulate people’s behaviour

This AI can make songwriters, musicians and advertising professionals redundant

All of the above

None of the above

2 / 8

An AI application provides friendly chats for lonely people.

This AI can spread disinformation

This AI can manipulate its human companion’s behaviour

This AI can collect sensitive data about this person

All of the above

None of the above

3 / 8

An AI algorithm is used to decide which prisoners should be granted parole.

This AI can make wrong decisions based on inadequate or biased data

This AI can spread disinformation about prisoners

This AI can manipulate the prisoners’ behaviour

All of the above

None of the above

4 / 8

An AI application can merge two images seamlessly so that it seems that two events happened at the same time and in the same place.

This AI can be used to spread disinformation

This AI can be used to manipulate someone’s behaviour

This AI can suffer network faults and power shortages

All of the above

None of the above

5 / 8

An AI algorithm constantly collects data on a person’s social media activities to analyse their personality traits and preferences, and then chooses which advertisements to present to them.

This AI can spread disinformation

This AI can control this person’s behaviour

This AI can pass on information about this person to third-parties

All of the above

None of the above

6 / 8

A General Practitioner connects to an AI device on a cloud to present images of a patient’s eye, taken with a special camera. The AI device analyses the image to give a diagnosis on the presence or absence of Diabetic Retinopathy disease (source: based on information in https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-permits-marketing-artificial-intelligence-based-device-detect-certain-diabetes-related-eye#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Food%20and%20Drug,in%20adults%20who%20have%20diabetes.)

This device can spread disinformation

This device can control human behaviour

The device may suffer network failure or other technical fault to misdiagnose

All of the above

None of the above [Answer: iii]

7 / 8

An AI driver uses sensors and data about traffic rules and conditions to drive a car without human oversight (Source: Based on information in Abbott 2022, p. 2).

This driver can spread disinformation about other cars

This driver can control the behaviour of humans sitting in the car

This car may suffer network failure or data shortage to cause accidents

All of the above

None of the above

8 / 8

An AI tool is fed big data on two-dimensional amino acids. It then predicts three-dimensional structure of proteins, having found and analysed patterns in the data at a very fast speed (Source: Based on information in Abbott 2022, p. 2).

This tool can spread disinformation

This tool can control human behaviour

This tool may have analysed only a few patterns, missing some others, giving slightly faulty results

All of the above

None of the above

Your score is

The average score is 44%

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