Hassabis Steps Back, AI Race Steps Up
Grammar: Discourse markers and connectors
A Business English English lesson exploring technology.
What's in this lesson
A Business English ESL lesson on technology, practising discourse markers and connectors. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary and discussion questions.
From the reading: Hassabis Steps Back, AI Race Steps Up
Sir Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and sold it to Google four years later for £400 million, is stepping down as chief executive of Google DeepMind. He will move into a new dual role: chair of DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet, Google's parent company. Taking over day-to-day leadership is Koray Kavukcuoglu, previously the lab's chief technology officer, who will carry the title of senior vice-president.
Vocabulary
- fall behind
- hand over
- step down
- take over
Discussion questions
- When a top executive steps down, do you think it signals a problem or a smart move?
- Would you rather lead a team or focus on deep individual work?
- How do you decide when it is time to hand over a project you built from scratch?
Hassabis Steps Back, AI Race Steps Up
Grammar: Discourse markers and connectors
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