1. What is the title of the text and what is the text about?
The text I chose was The Running of the Robots by Buckram (2012). In this story a retired sergeant is living with the social stigma of triggering an international embarrassment and nuisance. He mistakenly sent a battalion of robots on a never ending mission to circle the world. This had become know as “The Running of the Robots”. Due to the lack of a failsafe or cut-off switch, this battalion returns yearly to haunt this man in his retirement.
2. What is the author’s view? How do I know?
The author appears sympathetic with the protagonists situation and critical the media for raising him as a scapegoat. In the end, he introduced a thoughtful young man who paints a more human, thoughtful,
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This directly supports the authors position on the media.
In the second quote the impact on the people around him is highlighted by the author Buckram (2012), as he talks of scornful citizens shunning him, and in fear of the affect he will have on their property values.
The final paraphrase he visitors research paper is both relevant to the authors position, and further cinches both the hero status of the protagonist and the saving powers of thinking for oneself.
6. Have I heard/read anything similar or dissimilar? What was it?
It’s rare for anyone vilified in the papers to eventually arise to become a folk hero in his own time. Oliver North from the Iran-Contra affair (Irangate) might be an appropriate match. Colonel North refused to testify against his superiors and was accused with shredding vital evidence. His excuse was that he was safe guarding the lives of embedded agents. Although initially vilified in the media, his dogged defense of his superiors soon earned him a reputation as a loyal and honorable military officer.
7. Do I agree or disagree with the views expressed by the author?
A young boy is strolling in one of America 's beautiful national parks. He stops to take in the breathtaking scenery, but little did he know, the next thing he would see would be a hospital curtain. This is because later on he tripped on a sharp piece of rusty metal and cut his leg open, and the only reason this little boy still has his leg is because of a little Roamer Redbot, or robot, that was next to him. This boy used the emergency walkie-talkie in the robot to contact 911. That Roamer was a creation of young minds in the nation.
Although Matt Taibbi’s article is bias to some extent and is composed of inappropriate grammar at times, Taibbi does do a brilliant job in attempting to draw the most likely, an antagonistic, audience’s attention and trust by using
His use of diction provides a way to strengthen his argument and get his point across to the reader. He uses the repetition of words such as cruel and violent to further emphasize what television programs display to viewers. He uses anaphora when saying, “It might just be that cruel people find cruel TV shows to watch. And the more cruel we are, the more programming will be tailored at our wants” (2). The repetition of the word “cruel” helps to assert the idea that we, as a human society, are the cause of problems of television today.
While reading this novel, I made a connection to Andrea Freeman’s motives, I questioned Jeff Trammel’s secrecy, and predicted who really killed the banker. At first, I, the reader, and Mickey Haller were tentative about Andrea Freeman’s actions.
The lack of credibility in this piece is insane. Though he has a PhD which does give him a certain amount of credibility, he does not continue to build upon this ethos throughout the article. He is not able to convince readers of his argument by being so opinionated on the subject. Being so opinionated in the article makes him seem biased and uneducated. The author makes wild accusations and tries to back them but it sounds like he is just on a long rant.
An internet article that was published in volume 62 of History Today (a website), in 2012, is written by Peter Ling. It is entitled “The Media Made Malcolm X.” It is immediately obvious from the title that the article is going to discuss the influence that the media had on Malcolm X’s life, as well as the legacy he has left behind – in other words, how media portrayal of Malcolm X influences our opinions and views of Malcolm X even today. The author discusses how and for what reasons the media “made” Malcolm X, by providing the reader with current views from
Then the author goes to give numbers and statics on how much the deaths have rose in cities like Houston, and Philadelphia. Then a Mr. Stringham dismisses the argument. Then he goes to give his own numbers and statics on the situation. Mr. Stringham concludes by saying “his
He makes the text more relatable by characterizing the typical American mindset. He successfully explains to the reader that the persecution of intellectuals is something our country should not be doing. Leonid Friedman compares and contrasts athletic versus academic success throughout the passage. He has direct comparisons using an
Patrick lin makes the reader think and analyze the possible outcome of the robotic industry. As stated in the essay “With the new development of robotics, it almost makes you do some soul searching on what really makes us human.” His humorous idea about robots overthrowing the world is funny, but, when you think about in a real standpoint and how technology is being made to have a mind of its own, it’s not a far-fetched
It is blunt, explaining that the man responsible for the story
He was the town barber. No one knew that he was a defender of our cause…” And then what? Murderer or Hero?”(Tellez, Page 2) This lengthy quote shows how someone can be seen in different ways because of one moment.
Finally, we should talk about this writer. Whole information was introduced by only one person, ms Stephanie eddy. She did not include another person 's view or comments, just wrote it herself. She created lot of bias by using positive terms, so it is very subjective and personal. Besides, there was no information about her at all.
In “Better than Human”, Kelly mentions that it will be a trend for robots to replace humans on most, or even every working position in the near future as a outcome of the development of automaton-related technology. “We need to let robots take over”, Kelly assures, “they will do jobs we have been doing, and do them much better than we can (Kelly 311)”. With his observation of the invention of Baxter, he is persuaded in a great extent that humans will acquire new jobs as their old jobs get replaced by automatons. This newly invented robot surprisingly contains several epochal features, disregarding its extremely low price compared to its predecessors. With its benefits, Baxter can be promoted easily and applied to many industries, decreasing the costs of production and even re-generating the market eventually.
The short story may be telling the story of a robots interaction with humans, but it has a deeper meaning. The story explores the concept of not thinking outside ourselves. The robots have good intentions for wanting to explore, but end up wiping out mankind and accidentally killing the last remaining human on Earth. The robots seem innocent, which is why they appear to be so concerned about the man; “He must have been the last Man in this system, and he’d forgotten how to talk- he’d been alone so long,”(Bloch 1).
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla Motors, questions Strong AI by arguing that too advanced artificial intelligence could pose a threat to the human race. Musk is not alone in his scepticism towards the future of AI. James Barrat, an author on the subject, expresses his concerns about the notion of Strong AI. He suggests the risks of a volitional and sentient machine could arise when a machine starts developing drives and urges similar to those we humans possess. Consequently, this would lead to the machines trying to avoid failure modes such as off switches to achieve their desires.