Day 155: What the Chatbot Said About Neanderthals
In their flat in Braunschweig, Elena (A) looks in on her son Emilian (B), who is doing his homework on Neanderthal man with the help of an AI chatbot.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Na, Emilian, wie weit bist du mit der Hausaufgabe über den Neandertaler?
So, Emilian, how far have you got with your homework on Neanderthal man?
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B
Fast fertig, die KI hat mir alles erklärt: „Forscher fanden die Knochen 1865 in einer Höhle bei München.“
Nearly done, the AI explained everything: 'Researchers found the bones in 1865 in a cave near Munich.'
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A
Bei München? Warte mal, nicht alles, was so eine KI schreibt, stimmt auch.
Near Munich? Hang on, not everything an AI like that writes is actually true.
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B
Aber die klingt immer so sicher, als wäre sie selbst dabei gewesen.
But it always sounds so sure, as if it had been there itself.
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A
Hier steht's: Arbeiter fanden die Knochen 1856 in einer Höhle im Neandertal bei Düsseldorf. Daher hat er ja auch seinen Namen.
Here it is: workers found the bones in 1856 in a cave in the Neander Valley near Düsseldorf. That's where he gets his name from.
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B
Die hat ja sogar die Jahreszahl verdreht! Dann prüfe ich lieber alles, was sie mir sonst noch erzählt hat.
It even got the digits of the year the wrong way round! Then I'd better check everything else it told me.
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