Weekly Quiz: AI Lovers, Music Therapy, and Endangered Languages

1 2 const title = "AI Lovers, Music Therapy, and Endangered Languages"; const date = "October 5, 2024"; const data = [ { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Cyca_SEPOCT24_Pawis-Steckley-1200.jpg", title: "Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/indigenous-languages/", question: "In 1992, American linguist Michael Krauss published “The World’s Languages in Crisis,” a scientific paper that focused on the status of endangered languages. According to Krauss’s predictions, what percentage of the world’s languages could eventually disappear?", options: [ "50 percent", "70 percent", "90 percent", "100 percent", ], answer: "90 percent", correct: "“The World’s Languages in Crisis,” which anthropologist Wade Davis declared “one of the most disturbing scientific papers ever published,” offered an oft-cited dire prediction: as many as 90 percent of languages could eventually disappear. “Many linguistic field workers have had, and will continue to have, the experience of bearing witness to the loss, for all time, of a language and of the cultural products which the language served to express for the intellectual nourishment of its speakers,” Krauss wrote.", incorrect: "“The World’s Languages in Crisis,” which anthropologist Wade Davis declared “one of the most disturbing scientific papers ever published,” offered an oft-cited dire prediction: as many as 90 percent of languages could eventually disappear. “Many linguistic field workers have had, and will continue to have, the experience of bearing witness to the loss, for all time, of a language and of the cultural products which the language served to express for the intellectual nourishment of its speakers,” Krauss wrote.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Eagle-Mine_Sep24-006-1-735x490.jpg", title: "The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/the-spectacular-fall-of-victoria-gold-once-the-darling-of-yukon-mining/", question: "The crisis at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine operation has had significant repercussions, including hundreds of employee layoffs and a cyanide spill that contaminated the Yukon’s waterways. What larger issue does the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation attribute the Eagle mine disaster to?", options: [ "The greed and dubious ethics of Victoria Gold’s executive team", "A systemic issue with the Yukon’s mining regulations and oversight", "Inadequate environmental testing methods", "Victoria Gold’s failure to adapt to extreme weather conditions", ], answer: "A systemic issue with the Yukon’s mining regulations and oversight", correct: "After the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun demanded a stop to all mining on its traditional territory, they requested a public inquiry. The “disaster is a symptom of a larger, systemic, issue plaguing mining regulation in Yukon,” the First Nation wrote in an open letter. “The consequence of regulatory negligence and a business-as-usual approach at an unsafe and unsound site now hangs over taxpayers’ heads.”", incorrect: "After the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun demanded a stop to all mining on its traditional territory, they requested a public inquiry. The “disaster is a symptom of a larger, systemic, issue plaguing mining regulation in Yukon,” the First Nation wrote in an open letter. “The consequence of regulatory negligence and a business-as-usual approach at an unsafe and unsound site now hangs over taxpayers’ heads.”", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Music_Sep24-006.jpg", title: "Yes, Listening to Music Is Therapy", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/yes-listening-to-music-is-therapy/", question: "According to neuroscientist Richard Davidson, engaging deeply with music can lead to a transformative experience wherein one’s consciousness intertwines with the music itself. What is the term he uses to describe this phenomenon?", options: [ "Experiential fusion", "Sonic dissonance", "Musical sublimation", "Rhythmic entrainment", ], answer: "Experiential fusion", correct: "Richard Davidson, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, describes experiential fusion as a state of being so absorbed that your consciousness itself becomes fused with what you are experiencing. During experiential fusion with music, you temporarily lose awareness of yourself as an individual entity separate from the music; you and the music have become one. If someone touched your hand and asked you, “Are you aware that you’re in a jazz club?” you’d almost certainly say, “Yes.” But that awareness is born only in the moment of the interruption, as you get yanked out of your absorption, back into the mundane.", incorrect: "Richard Davidson, professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, describes experiential fusion as a state of being so absorbed that your consciousness itself becomes fused with what you are experiencing. During experiential fusion with music, you temporarily lose awareness of yourself as an individual entity separate from the music; you and the music have become one. If someone touched your hand and asked you, “Are you aware that you’re in a jazz club?” you’d almost certainly say, “Yes.” But that awareness is born only in the moment of the interruption, as you get yanked out of your absorption, back into the mundane.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Bots_Sep24-002-735x490.jpg", title: "When Your Lover Is a Bot", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/when-your-lover-is-a-bot/", question: "AI companions are changing the landscape of love and relationships, but there are major concerns around the ways in which they enable certain heteronormative gender dynamics. Which of the following criticisms applies specifically to the design of female companion bots?", options: [ "They promote unrealistic beauty standards", "They reinforce misogynistic beliefs", "They cater exclusively to men’s emotional needs", "They lack emotional intelligence compared to male bots", ], answer: "They reinforce misogynistic beliefs", correct: "Not only are men more likely to use sex bots but female companions are being actively engineered to fulfill misogynistic desires. Tara Hunter, director of an Australian organization that helps victims of sexual, domestic, or family violence, stated that “creating a perfect partner that you control and meets your every need is really frightening,” as it reinforces ingrained cultural beliefs about men’s ability to control women. Male users of Replika AI are already verbally abusing their femme bots and sharing the interactions on Reddit.", incorrect: "Not only are men more likely to use sex bots but female companions are being actively engineered to fulfill misogynistic desires. Tara Hunter, director of an Australian organization that helps victims of sexual, domestic, or family violence, stated that “creating a perfect partner that you control and meets your every need is really frightening,” as it reinforces ingrained cultural beliefs about men’s ability to control women. Male users of Replika AI are already verbally abusing their femme bots and sharing the interactions on Reddit.", }, ]; The post Weekly Quiz: AI Lovers, Music Therapy, and Endangered Languages first appeared on The Walrus.