I, Robot--ROUGH DRAFT of final essay

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  • Points 15

Submit your rough draft to the "All Watched Over by Machines..." assignment BY 7:30 A.M. MONDAY on Criterion.ets.org (Links to an external site.) to help you edit and proofread.

ORIGINAL PROMPT:

Write an essay based on the last two stories in the novel--I, Robot-- "Evidence" and "The Evitable Conflict":

  • Introduction--discuss the capabilities that robots in our world today are beginning to have, as well as the uses of them. Lead into your thesis--Would it be desirable to have robots/computers in the position of governing human beings?
  • Body paragraphs--discuss whether Stephen Byerley is a robot or not, and how you know this based on evidence in the story (Utilize the 3 paragraphs in your Q1 Writer's Journal as your basis, and add further evidence/reasoning from "The Evitable Conflict")
    • spend two paragraphs on whether Stephen Byerley was most likely a robot or a human (present the evidence for one and then the other, but end your second body paragraph with a claim about which was more likely and why)
    • spend one paragraph on how Byerley's humanity or roboticity (whichever one you said he was)  impacted his leadership as World Coordinator in the second story
  • Conclusion--broaden out from the novel. Based on Isaac Asimov's view of robots/machines in charge, would it be desirable to have a humanoid robot/supercomputer in charge? Why or why not? What further benefits or problems do YOU see with this?

BE SURE your introduction ends with a thesis sentence--would "machines of loving grace" be desirable to rule over all?

BE SURE each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence, and is developed with as much detailed evidence from the stories and your reading as possible.

BE SURE your conclusion relates back to your thesis, as well as your discussion of the stories in the body paragraphs.

Proofread your essay before you turn it in on turnitin.com. Submit your rough draft to the "All Watched Over by Machines..." assignment BY 7:30 A.M. MONDAY on Criterion.ets.org (Links to an external site.) to help you edit and proofread.

 

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