Two revision sheets for the English oral exam of the baccalauréat

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[...] We can see for instance in a 1909 cartoon by E.W. Gustin, entitled "Election Day", that a wife and mother is leaving her two babies in the care of their father, so that she can go to her voting station. From then on, men have had to accept the opinion of women in politics, as well as their way of life. Nevertheless, in our present day, equality is not absolute everywhere. An article from the Irish Journal, which was published by Hayley Halpin on the 18th of February reads that countries with greater gender equality have fewer female graduates in scientific fields. [...]

[...] This definition leads us to the case of female power: for a long time, women were subjected to men, but their situation changed all along the 20th century. Have women truly accessed empowerment or is there more to be done? We will start by recalling the struggle of women for social recognition, before we bend upon the imbalance of academic statistics. Let's first talk about the Suffragettes movement. In several Anglo-saxon countries, women fought, demonstrated for their rights and were finally granted the right to vote. [...]

[...] In the CBS video I previously mentioned, even specialists and leaders of tech companies (Hawking, Bill Gates, Kubrick . ) are aware of the problems AI could pose. In the short term, it is planned to destroy more jobs than it would create, and 48% of the people polled fear it. By the way, the jobs created would all revolve around robotics, so that does not leave much choice for other sectors. As we have seen, artificial intelligence can help us with our tasks and be more productive, but it remains a futuristic fantasy, like how people in the 1950s imagined us in the 21st century. [...]

[...] Now that we have studied those two cases, we can sum up by saying that power must first serve to free oneself from the oppression of others, but we should not use it to impose it onto others instead. Neither should women be prevented from studying like in developing countries, nor should we follow a path that is not ours, simply to please politicians or activists and their statistics. Soft power consists in influencing someone without force, so it is still a form of power. [...]

[...] Two revision sheets for the English oral exam of the baccalauréat The Idea of Progress: Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat for Humanity? Progress can be defined as the improvement of a situation. It means we can be stronger, go further, do better, even though it sounds like a race where everyone must compete. Among progress, is the avent of information technology and robotics, and already in the 1950s, authors warned about its consequences. So should we take artificial intelligence as a formidable set of tools, or rather as a threat for humanity? [...]