How ChatGPT Might Replace Your Job Flashcards
Living under a rock
idiom
To be unaware of things most people know about
* How come you haven’t heard that news? Have you been living under a rock?!
* Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT.
Serve something up
phrasal verb
To provide something to people
* A.I. can serve up a whole host of new tools.
* They were able to serve up many new advances in IT.
Anxiety
(around something)
noun
Worries / concerns about something
* There is a lot of anxiety around this new technology.
* I get a sense there is some anxiety around his ideas.
Namely
adverb
Used when you want to give more detail about something
* He asked us some more questions about the project, namely when it will finish and how much it will cost.
* We need to expand our business, namely to Africa and South East Asian Countries.
Dystopian
adjective
Relating to an imagined future society where there is a lot of suffering
* I enjoy watching science fiction movies set in dystopian worlds.
* It is easy to imagine a dystopian future where A.I. is in complete control.
Cousin
noun
Something that is similar to another thing
* Apple will introduce the iPhone 15 Pro and it’s cousin the 15 mini.
* That movie seems to be a close cousin to the original James Bond franchise.
Refrain
noun
A phrase that is often repeated
* Everything that politician says is a familiar refrain.
* A common refrain from workers is that they are underpaid and overworked .
Bombarded
verb
To receive a continuous flow of information / criticism / questions
* I was bombarded by questions after my TED presentation.
* They were bombarded by criticism after publishing that article.
To abound
verb
To exist in large numbers
* Questions abound about this new HR policy.
* Many theories abound on the origins of the universe.
Gloomy
adjective
Unhappy and without hope
* The future of that profession seems rather gloomy.
* He gave a very gloomy economic forecast.
For better or worse
phrase
To accept the bad results of an action as well as the good ones
* For better or worse, I have decided to quit.
* He will have to take responsibility for better or worse.
The dawn
(of something)
noun
The beginning of something new / a new period
* The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era for Europe.
* The invention of the personal computer marked the dawn of the information age.
Utopia
noun
A perfect society in which everyone is happy
* Many move to America in search of utopia.
* Perhaps the human race will never reach a true utopia.