Article of the week 1

In Case You Wondered, a Real Human Wrote This Column

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In this article, Steve Lohr, technology reporter for the New York Times, offers proof of the progress of artificial intelligence. There are now computers with the ability to write with the same human reasoning as any journalist. A big question now is, “will applications of artificial intelligence assist human workers or replace them?” Steve Lohr suggests that it will not replace humans; instead it will broaden possibilities. These computers would be able to do jobs that were not being done otherwise; Such as taking in reports on more than 350 local housing markets and generating articles with the kind of inferences and “angles” a person might come up with. Only, the computer would do so for much less money, and in much less time. Steve Lohr’s article is meant to show the community how these new developments in technology are not something we need to be wary of; they’re exciting advances that will give us opportunities to improve our ways of thinking. He isn’t directing his article to the well informed on this topic, he is giving new perspective to the ignorant. The article seemed to have very little to do with the authors opinions. Instead Steve Lohr was just the conveyer of facts, leaving us to infer what we will. Perhaps though, the quotes he chose and references to other people were chosen strategically to make us think what we do. If so, than he very effectively gained his audiences trust using both logos and ethos. I think he succeeded in getting the public excited about this new advance in technology the moment he began with an example of the computers writing. The humanness was startling.