Task 11 - 11/21/16

Naulsberry Jean Baptiste

Period 5

November 21st TASK

Use the link below to read the article. Answer all questions using complete sentences

http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/13698/Will-Banning-Killer-Robots-Prevent-Robots-from-Killing.aspx

Will Banning Killer Robots Prevent Robots from Killing?

1. How do paragraphs 1 and 2 help establish the tone of the article. Select 2 words or phrases in paragraphs 1 and 2 that establish the tone of the article.

- Paragraphs 1 and 2 help establish the tone of the article by introducing its topic. Two phrases in paragraphs 1 and 2 that establish the tone of the article are: "A University at Buffalo research team has published a paper that implies that the rush to ban and demonize autonomous weapons or "killer robots" may be a temporary solution, but the actual problem is that society is entering into a situation where systems like these have and will become possible," and "Killer robots have a Pentagon budget line and a group of non-governmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch, is already working collectively to stop their development."

2. The author describes artificial intelligence: 

"We need to go back and look at the history of machine learning, pattern recognition and predictive modeling, and how these things are conceived"

What tone is the author setting?

- The tone of the author is that he believes in order to truly understand robots and whether or not they could become killer people need to look at their history and how they were built.

3. What does the phrase “…Any talk of killer robots sounds at first to be an exercise in fantasy, but agencies are already both working to build and trying to prevent the building of their operative foundation.” Why is the author making this point?

- The author made this point in order to explain that even though the article's topic sounds like nonsense, agencies are actually trying to prevent killer robots from being a thing.

4. How does the author’s word choice develop the tone? How does this word choice affect the meaning of the text?

- The author's word choice helped developed the article's tone by making it clear that people should work to prevent killer robots. This word choice makes the article based solely off of that opinion.