Artificial Intelligence: A Rhetorical Analysis

The use of technology has always been vital to the life and survival of the human race. Ever since the Neanderthals utilized wooden tools to hunt and cook 500,000 years ago, humans have been fascinated with developing the next cutting edge technology or invention. In 1955, John McCarthy used a term called artificial intelligence, and defined it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines". Over the last 60 years with the inventions of computers, cell phones, and the internet, artificial intelligence has become prominent in the news and in mainstream media. Today, the phrase is a hot topic, not just in tech circles, but around the globe, as many experts believe the ensuing breakthrough will come through A.I.

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While my research and findings will remain the same, the essay’s style will be drastically different. Because the audience is an everyday reader of the newspaper, I can’t assume they know about artificial intelligence. I will need to provide a brief but detailed description on the basics of A.I. The whole essay will be a slightly simplified version of my scholarly essay, and while my research questions remain the same, my purpose of the essay is different. When writing the Op-ed, its purpose will reflect a more informative tone in hopes of telling the general public about what A.I. has the potential to do.

The fate of the world may lay at the hands of artificial intelligence. We might need its help to fight against a super virus or stop global warming, or we also could be victims of a genocide. It depends on my research question: how can we harness the possible positives of A.I. without the potentially disastrous outcome? Through research of the limits and ethics of machines and artificial general intelligence, I will determine the path we should take with artificial