This article was written by Ben Medlock, who is from London, and it was published on September 22nd, 2015. The article was published on the Financial Times website, which is also based out of the United Kingdom.
What values, ideas, norms, beliefs, or laws of the culture play an important role in the text?
I believe that the audience of this article must value and believe in progress, or at least value the change happening around them due to technology. The advances made in technology have been made so quick, and now that we are getting to intelligent computers, people need an appreciation for AI in order to understand this article. Also, the idea and norm that society needs to help the disadvantaged, in this case by a disease, is also important because the article is stating that we should forget about the risks of AI in order to fulfill this norm.
Does the text address these directly or indirectly?
This article addresses the beliefs and norms indirectly. At the beginning of the article, it is mentioned how Stephen Hawking uses AI, along with many other disabled, in order to improve their life. This is not only an emotional appeal, but would only be an emotional appeal if society were to care if the disabled were able to be helped by technology or not. Also, the author mentions how AI is now all around us and calls upon people to start accepting that fact.
What is the relationship between the text to the values, beliefs etc.? Is it critical or supportive? Does it seek to modify these aspects of the culture in some way?
The text is not seeking to modify any beliefs, but instead, asks its audience to begin to bring these beliefs to a new level. It is supportive of those that believe in the power of AI relative to how it can improve an individual's life. It does not criticize those who don't believe this advancement will do more good than bad, but tries to persuade them to think differently.
 |
| Sandberg,Anners. "Open mind" 4/20/09 via Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic |
I believe that the audience of this article must value and believe in progress, or at least value the change happening around them due to technology. The advances made in technology have been made so quick, and now that we are getting to intelligent computers, people need an appreciation for AI in order to understand this article. Also, the idea and norm that society needs to help the disadvantaged, in this case by a disease, is also important because the article is stating that we should forget about the risks of AI in order to fulfill this norm.
Does the text address these directly or indirectly?
This article addresses the beliefs and norms indirectly. At the beginning of the article, it is mentioned how Stephen Hawking uses AI, along with many other disabled, in order to improve their life. This is not only an emotional appeal, but would only be an emotional appeal if society were to care if the disabled were able to be helped by technology or not. Also, the author mentions how AI is now all around us and calls upon people to start accepting that fact.
What is the relationship between the text to the values, beliefs etc.? Is it critical or supportive? Does it seek to modify these aspects of the culture in some way?
The text is not seeking to modify any beliefs, but instead, asks its audience to begin to bring these beliefs to a new level. It is supportive of those that believe in the power of AI relative to how it can improve an individual's life. It does not criticize those who don't believe this advancement will do more good than bad, but tries to persuade them to think differently.
No comments:
Post a Comment