Date: 05/20/2025
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Student: Dawoon Kim
Topic: A ‘rogue employee’ was behind Grok’s unprompted ‘white genocide’ mentions
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/business/a-rogue-employee-was-behind-groks-unprompted-white-genocide-mentions
Sentence Construction:
X One month later, summer vacation start. I can go Korea one month. >> Summer vacation starts in one month. I can go to Korea for a month.
X Maybe after final exam, I will search a ticket. >> Maybe after the final exam, I’ll look for a ticket.
X As a dog adaptation to live with human is one of the best way in their evolution. >> A dog's adaptation to living with humans is one of the best aspects of their evolution.
X In my company, when we accept the parts of machine, it is really important to check materials tolerance. >> In my company, when we receive machine parts, it's really important to check the material tolerances.
X It is really important to finish my homework. >> Completing my homework is very important.
Pronunciation:
* guideline /gahyd-lahyn/
* human /hyoo-muhn/
* tolerance /tol-er-uhns/
* substance /suhb-stuhns/
* breath /breth/
* genome /jee-nohm/
* transparency /trans-pair-uhn-see/
* unsolicited /uhn-suh-lis-i-tid/
* remedy /rem-i-dee/
Build Lexicon:
* Rogue := (adj.) Acting independently and unexpectedly, often in a harmful way.
Example: A rogue employee changed the AI’s responses without authorization.
* Transparency := (n.) The practice of being open and honest about actions and decisions.
Example: xAI promised more transparency by publishing Grok’s system prompts.
* Prompt := (n.) The input or instruction given to an AI to generate a response.
Example: The employee altered Grok’s prompt, leading to controversial replies.
Discover Idioms & Expressions:
* Spit out := To say something quickly and often without thinking.
Example: The AI began to spit out political comments that shocked users.
* Go off-script := To act or speak in a way that is not planned or approved.
Example: The chatbot went off-script after its prompt was changed.
* Sweep under the rug := To hide or ignore something embarrassing or wrong.
Example: Some critics worry that xAI might sweep the issue under the rug.
Practice:
* Read the lexicon, idioms and expressions. Then, construct sentences for each and be ready to recite them in class.
* Our next topic, New Ocean Film Offers World a Message of Hope
https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/new-ocean-film-offers-world-a-message-of-hope/Tp3SoCwUEfCMzA8liZAhHg
