Tools of Persuasion Against A.I. Artificial Intelligence is growing exponentially and while it opens a gateway to a better and brighter future, it poses serious threats to people’s lives. This new technology opens a clear path to a number of new opportunities while threatening to undermine the foundation of the society, its past. This rhetorical analysis paper is built around an article in The NY Times, “A.I. Is Coming for the Past, Too” written by Jacob N. Shapiro and Mr. Mattmann, who are Managing Directors for empirical studies of conflict and data sciences respectively. To grab the attention of readers and engage them in reading the article, writers have chosen to use multiple tools to make the article as engaging as possible. This deep dive aims to study the article and
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Ethos appeals more to the credibility of the source, whereas pathos appeals more to the emotional side of the audience. Ethos can be included through citing historical examples and quoting reputable sources, both of which are correctly fulfilled by the writers. They have provided references to multiple historical events, like Stalin's purges and the Zinoviev Letter and have cited sources such as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and Vint Cerf, building the credibility of the work in readers mind. Anecdotes are commonly used as a tool to make writings more credible and believable; they’re short narratives, which are supposed to be a learning lesson for the readers. “Stalin purged disloyal comrades from history by executing them and then altering photographic records to make it appear as if they never existed [. . .] Slovenia, on becoming an independent country in 1992, erased over 18,000 people from the registry of residents”(Shapiro), were two of the many anecdotes which were used as concrete evidence to show the forgery of documents and the consequences they led
Ethos appeals more to the credibility of the source, whereas pathos appeals more to the emotional side of the audience. Ethos can be included through citing historical examples and quoting reputable sources, both of which are correctly fulfilled by the writers. They have provided references to multiple historical events, like Stalin's purges and the Zinoviev Letter and have cited sources such as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and Vint Cerf, building the credibility of the work in readers mind. Anecdotes are commonly used as a tool to make writings more credible and believable; they’re short narratives, which are supposed to be a learning lesson for the readers. “Stalin purged disloyal comrades from history by executing them and then altering photographic records to make it appear as if they never existed [. . .] Slovenia, on becoming an independent country in 1992, erased over 18,000 people from the registry of residents”(Shapiro), were two of the many anecdotes which were used as concrete evidence to show the forgery of documents and the consequences they led