A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Big Question By Patrick Lin

Technology is becoming extremely, in a way, invasive in our everyday lives and many movies have made sci-fi fantasies about technology/robots taking over, such as Terminator or Wall-E. Although, is that really the road we are heading down with the advances in technology and how much we use it? In a sense, maybe. In the article “Robot Invasion” by Charlie Gillis, he discusses the controversial argument about how robots are becoming complex enough to take over certain employment positions that are held by hard working humans. Gillis does not seem to take a side in the article, but instead, he argues both sides and gives some pros and cons for and against robots.

In the New York Times Magazine, "Death by Robot," Robin Henig addresses about how robots contributed remarkably to society and became a part of human 's life, but when it came to choosing between two contradictory choices of life and death, even with superior data and calculations, a robot would not be able to replace a human 's

In today’s world, technology is everything. Smartphones, computers, tablets, and televisions are all at our fingertips. Ray Bradbury, a futuristic author, wrote many stories and novels about a futuristic society, where humans became engrossed in technology. His stories usually occur in the years 2030-2050. These stories are indeed a few decades before now, but the author correctly predicted the future.

Ex Machina With technology always changing and improving artificial intelligence or AI for short is becoming a realistic goal for inventors. Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, uses this popular topic to create an engaging film that on the surface is about artificial intelligence but when viewers take a deeper look the audience will see that the film also covers issues in our society. Throughout Ex Machina, Nathan and Caleb are both testing a robot girl, Ava to see if she can function as a normal human. At first glance Nathan seems like the antagonist of the film, Caleb is portrayed as the protagonist, and Ava is the helpless female stereotype that is portrayed in many films.

Gibson’s portrayal of cyberspace illustrates an underlying central problem involving the idea that change with the onset is inevitable. Within cyberspace, people are able to reshape their identities as well as their relations to their bodies, but with these advances, Gibson warns readers of the darker sides of technology. The main focus is on Case, who sees his own body as a carcass while judging the ways others have modified their bodies or not. Towards the end, Case explains that he has “no idea at all what’ll happen if Wintermute wins, but it’ll change something” (Gibson, 260). Case also becomes aware of “his own strained white face” (260) during this scene, although this awareness of his body is not enough for him to stay grounded in reality.

Being Modern What does it mean to be modern? Being modern means to be updated with the times. People will always want to fit in and keeping up with the times is part of that. Things like clothing, technology, and beliefs all affect the meaning of “modern”.

In the article “The Robot Invasion” by Charlie Gillis discusses the development of robots and robot design and also our possible future with them. The author starts the excerpt with a comparison to NASA’s Ames Research Center to spilling lunch on your backyard patio (487). The result of this is a “brigade of ants” that appear and become one synchronized machine as they move food. Charlie then goes over how scientists have failed at mimicking nature.

In today 's society, with the growth of scientific and technological advancement, a growth of concern over whether or not people will attempt to play God with such advancements also appears as well as a worry over what consequences may result. Advancements such as genetic modification, cloning, and the creation of self-administrating robots all draw to mind the familiar science fiction tale of the creation that has rose to overcome its master. They also bring to light the question of one 's own humanity and what it is that makes us human. Just as in Shelley 's fictional universe, today 's society struggles with artificial intelligence and the rights and responsibilities that must be imposed on it. When Mary Shelley wrote her supernatural novel,

Has technology changed so immensely over the years that it now controls society? What has it done to control society? Over the years, technology has become one of the society's major resources. This relates to the use of technology to control the World State in Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World. In the present day, we aren’t quite advanced enough to create clones or flying cars, but technology has become more of an everyday tool over the course of time.

Technology has become the topic to discuss. With humans making large leaps in technological innovations, why not? We have advanced so far to where we now carry computers with us in the form of a phone. The topic that springs up along side technology is computer sciences. As we make new advancements, we have people behind them that work in the computer science field.