Meanings and representations round up analysis (Technology)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2079847-a-new-wave-of-tech-will-test-our-automatic-faith-in-machines/
LEFT WING
GRAMPS
Genre - Opinion, newspaper article, technology
Register - Formal
Audience - General public, mostly adults who have an interest in technology or those who disagree with it
Mode - Written, online and multi-modal
Purpose - To inform people of the possible dangers of technology
Subject - Technology and opinion
The article, written by Jamais Cascio, is an opinion article used to inform people of the possible dangers connected to technology and why putting too much trust into them could be injurious in the long term. I believe the the target audience for this article is for the general public, but mostly adults or older teenagers who are interested in technology and how it's shaping our modern world, and because of the formal language used I feel that younger people wouldn't be as interested.
Cascio uses a lexical field of trust throughout the text to reinforce the subject and purpose of the article. For example: "... civilisation has entrusted its continued existence... We're now in the early days of a turning point in our dependence upon machines." The stative verb "entrusted" and the abstract noun "trust" and "dependence" all suggest explicitly that we put a lot of trust into machines and technology, and sometimes it can be too much. The repetition of this lexical field could infer further that it's becoming more and more common nowadays for pope to put technology first instead of their own decisions which mean that the future could have no trace of human thunking but only machines making all the world decisions for us. Obviously there are some older (or younger) generations that are still against the idea of technology but I think that Cascio is trying to show that so many people in the world are putting this amount of trust into technology, that this probably going to be the way forward in the future.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1032496/ai-employment-apocalypse-artificial-intelligence-job-security-martin-rees
RIGHT WING
GRAMPS
Genre - Opinion, newspaper article, technology
Register - Formal
Audience - General public, mostly adults who have an interest in technology or those who want to find out more about the possible dangers connected to technology
Mode - Written, online and multi-modal
Purpose - To inform people of the possible future of technology and how far it has come
Subject - Technology and opinion
This article, written by Tom Fish, is here to intro people of the possible future of technology and how far it has come, but also to shine a light on how our future will be more dictated, and that machines will take over the workplace within the next couple of decades.
Throughout the text, Fish uses lots of fragmented syntax and a variety of sentence structures to create stutters and pauses between clauses. For example: "...robots will replace half of the workforce within a decade – a rapid replacement dubbed “the fourth industrial revolution."" The fragmented syntax used in this quote is there to reinforce the subject of the article, and the abstract noun "workforce" is used to also reinforce the target audience. The general public, especially adults, may have an interest intros article, as the topic is f something that is very much part of their lives. They may even be in a "workforce" where their company is thinking of bringing robots into the space. Overall, Fish is trying to convey that people have so many juxtaposing opinions on this topic, but at the end of the day, in the next couple of decades, the reality of having robots taking over jobs that were once done by a human seems more likely now.
Comparison:
Both texts use fragmented syntax and a formal register to directly show their audience that artificial intelligence and machines are becoming a more complex issue, and that people should really take into account the future of the younger generation. An example form Text A: "...But relying on technological systems to make decisions for us – especially when risks are involved and our safety is at stake – can have major consequences." The possessive pronoun "our" and the personal pronoun "us" is used to direct and target the readers to make them part of the situation, and to make them think about how much trust they put into machines and if it's really that good of an idea. Alternatively, the possessive pronoun "our" could refer to how this is "our" world, and it should be up to us to make important decisions for "our" lives. We shouldn't have to rely on technology to make those decisions for us, excuse at the end of the day, this is "our" life. The fragmented syntax used in this example could also be a way of mirroring how we don't trust ourselves to make decisions very well, and the irregular stutter in the clauses could show this and how we believe that machines and technology are more capable of doing things for us rather than doing them ourselves.
An example from Text B: "...He said: “This century is the first when one species – man – is sufficiently dominant it can affect the future of the entire planet." The double fragmented syntax used here id there to highlight that the future where technology will take over in affect is closer than people really think. This pause could indicate that now people are becoming more aware of the consequences in having trust in machines and how robots in the workplace could be happening within the next couple of decades, it makes people suddenly realise, is this a good thing? It's starting to make people fully articulate their own decisions and really understand that this really is our future now, but we can stop it if we want to, we just need to believe in our own intuition.
LEFT WING
GRAMPS
Genre - Opinion, newspaper article, technology
Register - Formal
Audience - General public, mostly adults who have an interest in technology or those who disagree with it
Mode - Written, online and multi-modal
Purpose - To inform people of the possible dangers of technology
Subject - Technology and opinion
The article, written by Jamais Cascio, is an opinion article used to inform people of the possible dangers connected to technology and why putting too much trust into them could be injurious in the long term. I believe the the target audience for this article is for the general public, but mostly adults or older teenagers who are interested in technology and how it's shaping our modern world, and because of the formal language used I feel that younger people wouldn't be as interested.
Cascio uses a lexical field of trust throughout the text to reinforce the subject and purpose of the article. For example: "... civilisation has entrusted its continued existence... We're now in the early days of a turning point in our dependence upon machines." The stative verb "entrusted" and the abstract noun "trust" and "dependence" all suggest explicitly that we put a lot of trust into machines and technology, and sometimes it can be too much. The repetition of this lexical field could infer further that it's becoming more and more common nowadays for pope to put technology first instead of their own decisions which mean that the future could have no trace of human thunking but only machines making all the world decisions for us. Obviously there are some older (or younger) generations that are still against the idea of technology but I think that Cascio is trying to show that so many people in the world are putting this amount of trust into technology, that this probably going to be the way forward in the future.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1032496/ai-employment-apocalypse-artificial-intelligence-job-security-martin-rees
RIGHT WING
GRAMPS
Genre - Opinion, newspaper article, technology
Register - Formal
Audience - General public, mostly adults who have an interest in technology or those who want to find out more about the possible dangers connected to technology
Mode - Written, online and multi-modal
Purpose - To inform people of the possible future of technology and how far it has come
Subject - Technology and opinion
This article, written by Tom Fish, is here to intro people of the possible future of technology and how far it has come, but also to shine a light on how our future will be more dictated, and that machines will take over the workplace within the next couple of decades.
Throughout the text, Fish uses lots of fragmented syntax and a variety of sentence structures to create stutters and pauses between clauses. For example: "...robots will replace half of the workforce within a decade – a rapid replacement dubbed “the fourth industrial revolution."" The fragmented syntax used in this quote is there to reinforce the subject of the article, and the abstract noun "workforce" is used to also reinforce the target audience. The general public, especially adults, may have an interest intros article, as the topic is f something that is very much part of their lives. They may even be in a "workforce" where their company is thinking of bringing robots into the space. Overall, Fish is trying to convey that people have so many juxtaposing opinions on this topic, but at the end of the day, in the next couple of decades, the reality of having robots taking over jobs that were once done by a human seems more likely now.
Comparison:
Both texts use fragmented syntax and a formal register to directly show their audience that artificial intelligence and machines are becoming a more complex issue, and that people should really take into account the future of the younger generation. An example form Text A: "...But relying on technological systems to make decisions for us – especially when risks are involved and our safety is at stake – can have major consequences." The possessive pronoun "our" and the personal pronoun "us" is used to direct and target the readers to make them part of the situation, and to make them think about how much trust they put into machines and if it's really that good of an idea. Alternatively, the possessive pronoun "our" could refer to how this is "our" world, and it should be up to us to make important decisions for "our" lives. We shouldn't have to rely on technology to make those decisions for us, excuse at the end of the day, this is "our" life. The fragmented syntax used in this example could also be a way of mirroring how we don't trust ourselves to make decisions very well, and the irregular stutter in the clauses could show this and how we believe that machines and technology are more capable of doing things for us rather than doing them ourselves.
An example from Text B: "...He said: “This century is the first when one species – man – is sufficiently dominant it can affect the future of the entire planet." The double fragmented syntax used here id there to highlight that the future where technology will take over in affect is closer than people really think. This pause could indicate that now people are becoming more aware of the consequences in having trust in machines and how robots in the workplace could be happening within the next couple of decades, it makes people suddenly realise, is this a good thing? It's starting to make people fully articulate their own decisions and really understand that this really is our future now, but we can stop it if we want to, we just need to believe in our own intuition.
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