The Extinction Of Mankind: Article Analysis

The Extinction of Mankind The advancement of technology has brought about a new term. This term is artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is the “area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence.” Robots are now capable of doing the jobs that humans were once in control of. The more artificial intelligence advances the more jobs are taken away from humans. In the article “Artificial Intelligence could make us extinct, warn Oxford University researchers” by Mark Stockley, artificial intelligence is shown as being the reason for mankind no longer existing. Researchers have no idea how artificial intelligence is going to react when the robots reach full potential. The strongest …show more content…
Along with trying to get an emotional reaction the article also wants to persuade you. The writer wants the reader to feel something from the issue make sure the article gets its argument across. The articles use of pathos helps convince the reader that artificial intelligence is a serious threat to existence of humans. In this article readers emotions are pulled at by phrases such as “with artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon” and “'that pose a threat to human civilization, or even possibly to all human life.” Also this article does a good job at pulling at the readers emotions by talking about how we soon could have to “construct a world without humans.” This gives the reader an evocative picture of the dangers of artificial intelligence. The article also has strong language and uses words like “horrific” and “dystopic.” With the use of all these components to pathos the reader can feel what the writer of the article is feeling. The reader can now connect to the article and understand that artificial intelligence could be the downfall for …show more content…
Appealing to a readers ethics can help create a sense of trustworthiness. In the article the ethos is used to try and get people to understand how dangerous the advancing of artificial intelligence can be. The writer appeals to the reader’s ethics by using higher figures in society such as “Bill Gates” and “Elon Musk.” These figures draw in the reader because of how very successful they are in the technology field. A reader is more likely to believe the information if it is coming from Musk and Gates then if it were just coming from the writer. The article also brings in things that both Gates and Musk has voiced about the subject. Not only did the article pull in two of the top people in the technology world but also pulled in a well-known physicist. All three backed up the claim on artificial intelligence is a danger to humans by saying things like “a few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern.” and “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” By using ethos in the article it gives the impression that this article is worth reading and the people listed are worth listening to. In the article the people are listed as “two of history's most successful technology entrepreneurs” and “the greatest living physicist.” This helps back up the placing of the people in the article. The article uses ethos to convince the reader that