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From bbclearningenglish.com Hello, I'm Rob, welcome to Six Minute English and with me in the studio is Neil.
Hello, Rob.
Hello, feeling clever today, Neil?
I am feeling quite bright and clever, yes.
That's good to hear.
Well, you'll need your wits about you,
meaning you'll need to think very quickly in this programme because we're talking about intelligence,
or to be more accurate, artificial intelligence.
And we'll learn some vocabulary related to the topic so that you can have your own discussion about it.
Neil, now, you know who Professor Stephen Hawking is, right?
Well, of course, yes.
Many people say that he's a genius.
In other words, he's very, very intelligent.
Professor Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in the world.
People remember him for his brilliance,
and also because he communicates using a synthetic voice generated by a computer.
Synthetic means it's made from something non-natural.